SMITH

		Source
		CWGC	SDGW	Uttoxeter Advertiser	Other
Parents	J.F. and Mary Smith	Yes
Where born	Market Drayton, Salop		Yes	3a
When born	About 1891				4
Address	Market Drayton, Salop		Yes		1
Address	Parents: 34, Salisbury Road, Market Drayton, Salop
Spouse
Children
Employment Before Joining up	In the employ of J. Sheppard - a tailor in Uttoxeter High Street			3a	1
When enlisted	August 1914				1
	End of August 1914			3a
Where enlisted	Shrewsbury, Salop		Yes		1
Regiment	Coldstream Guards	Yes	Yes	3a	1
Unit	3^rd Bn.	Yes
Rank	Private	Yes	Yes	3a	1
Service Number	12538	Yes	Yes		1
Date of Death	21 September 1916	Yes	Yes	3a	1
Age at time of death	25	Yes
Where Killed or died	France/Flanders	Yes
Where Killed or died	Somme - Ginchy			Roll of Honour
How he died	Died of Wounds		Yes	Roll of Honour	1
How he died	Killed in Action			3a
Location of Grave or Memorial	Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte Grave I. F. 36.	Yes
	Uttoxeter Town War Memorial (Market Place)				1, 2
Awards

The details above relate to the only HG Smith on the CWGC register who died on or anywhere near 21st September 1916. This date is given by the Uttoxeter Advertiser’s Roll of Honour. He also has the right Christian name and rank as the details on the Uttoxeter Advertiser's Roll of Honour.

Henry was well-known in Uttoxeter^[3a] and enlisted at the end of August, 1914^[1]. He went to France on the 21st of January 1915^{[1, 3a]}.

During the time that he was on active service he went through some very fierce fighting, but beyond a slight injury that did not necessitate his leaving the firing line, he came through unscathed until he was killed^[3a].

The Uttoxeter Advertiser’s Roll of Honour says that he died of wounds at Ginchy.

He had five brothers serving in the army, two of whom were lying seriously wounded in hospital at the time of his death^{[1, 3a]}. We do not know whether or not any of them also died during the war.