4089: Joseph Smith of Whitwell, Derbyshire

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posted on 2024-01-12, 09:30 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team

Joseph Smith was born on 3rd December 1893 at Whitwell Common, Whitwell, Derbyshire, the second son of Albert & Annie (nee Dean) Smith. Joseph followed his father into the coalmines and was a pony driver/below ground. He enlisted in the Sherwood Foresters and was killed in action at the Battle of Aisne on 20th September 1914 aged 20. He is commemorated at La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial, France. Joseph was single.

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Madeleine Clarke

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Private 11740 Joseph Smith, 2nd Bn Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment

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20/09/1914

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Battle of Aisne

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Photograph of Joseph. Medal Record.

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Lest We Forget World War One

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