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Private William Ewart Gladstone Smith, born in Webheath and resided and enlisted in
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Redditch, 8919, 2 Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, killed in action, 11 September
1914, Western European Theatre. Mentioned on La Ferte-sous-Jouarre Memorial, France.
He enlisted for a short service attestation in 1904 at the age of 18 in the Worcestershire
Regiment, Service No 8919 and had been a Fish Hook Maker.

Private William E. G. Smith – source: www.findagrave.com
Remembered on St George’s war memorial, Redditch.
(On 1901 census William E. G. Smith aged 13, Fish Hook Maker, lived with his parents John and Margaret A.
Smith and siblings in Webheath Lane, Webheath.

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