Smith, Samuel Stanton –

Son of Thomas Sanders Smith and Eleanor Shepherd Smith, of 137, Westbrook Street, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Municipal Secondary School. Attached 42nd Privisional Bn. Home service only. Discharged sick due to tuberculosis of lung following an infection of Pneumonia in November 1914.

Personal details

  • Surname: Smith
  • Forename: Samuel Stanton
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Horwich, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: 19
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: April 14th, 1917
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Sergeant
  • Unit: 5th (Territorial) Battalion.
  • Service number: 2559
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: September 11th, 1914 - 1914-09-11
  • Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: NONE - NOT ELIGIBLE
  • Silver War badge: 67772
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Bolton (Heaton) Cemetery, Lancashire, UK
  • CWGC reference: 2. B2. (N.C.) 54.

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7d

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