Rank
Gunner
Regiment
Royal Field Artillery
Date of death
26 August 1914
Age of death
26
Address
647 Leyton High Road
Leyton
WFT
E10 6RN
Address source
1901 Census
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
Belgium
Biography
Valentine James Smith was born in Leyton 1981. He lived with his family at 647 High Road Leyton, until he joined the Royal Artillery with his older brother Ernest, possibly in 1907. According to the 1911 census, he was a driver for the Royal Artillery and later became a gunner.
Valentine was sent to Belgium on the Western Front but was injured during battle. He died from wounds on 26th August 1914.
Research by Redbridge Museum
Sources:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry.com