Wireless Operator Henry Osborn Smith
Regiment/Unit: Mercantile Marine - S.S. 'Tweed' (Glasgow)
Theatre of War: At Sea
Age at death: 18
Date of death: 13th of March 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Tower Hill Memorial -
Family details:
Son of Joseph and Mary Elizabeth Smith, of "Westlands", Hard Lane, St. Helens, Lancs.
Census details:
1901 - 1 year old Henry O is living at 81 Dentons Green Lane, St Helens with parents Joseph (36), Mary E (34) and brother Joseph A (7). Also at the address are relatives Ellen Lowtheon (34) and Arthur Bridge (28). 1911 - Sees 11 years old schoolboy Henry O still living at 81 Dentons Green Lane, St Helens with parents Joseph (46), Mary Elizabeth (44) and sister Emily Mary (4). Also at the address are servant Elizabeth Faster (19) and visitors Eva Maria Brunt (43), Mary Louisa Brunt (31).
[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/WOHenry_Osborn_Smith.png[/pic][caption]From UK, Commonwealth War Graves, 1914-1921[/caption]
[pic]tpics/Henry_Osborn_Smith.jpg[/pic][caption]De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1924[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/SmithHenryOsmond_Tweed.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Tower Hill Memorial bearing the inscription for Wireless Operator Henry Osborn Smith
Courtesy of Ste M.[/caption]
