Private 49566 Thomas Smart
Regiment/Unit: Lancashire Fusiliers - 19th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Previous Reg/Num: 22048, S Lancs R.
Age at death: 21
Date of death: 13th of October 1918
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Haspres Coppice Cemetery Haspres - A. 60.
Family details:
Son of Thomas and Mary Ann Smart, of Brookland Farm, Eccleston, St. Helens.
Census details:
1901 - 4 years old Thomas is living at 77 Hanover Street, St Helens with parents Thomas (36), Mary Ann (33) and six siblings: Edith A (13), Mary (12), Ruth (8), Sarah (6), Samuel F (2), Ada (2 Mths). Staying at the address is uncle Robert Smart (42). 1911 - Sees 14 years old 'Glass Works Worker' Thomas living at 104 Hanover Street, St Helens with parents Thomas (46), Mary Ann (43) and five siblings: Elizabeth Harriet (23), Sarah (16), Samuel Fredrick (12), Ada (10), Caroline (8). Staying at the address is Thomas seniors niece Sarah Alice Groves (9). Hanover Street was later renamed to Kitchener Street sometime near to the outbreak of war.
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url] Buried beside [cas=128]John Bate[/cas] & [cas=1466]William Wills[/cas]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url] Buried beside [cas=128]John Bate[/cas] & [cas=1466]William Wills[/cas]
[pic]imgs/sppics/T_Smart_W_Wills_J_Bate_LF.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private Thomas Smart at Haspres Coppice Cemetery, Haspres
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
