Private 3/8777 John Smith
Regiment/Unit: Dorsetshire Regiment - 1st Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 18/02/1915
Age at death: 30
Date of death: 4th of May 1915
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: Upper Parkstone, Dorset
Burial / Memorial: Perth Cemetery China Wall - Transport Farm Annexe Mem. 5.
BMD details:
Marriage: 26/12/1906 John Smith to Mabel Rogers at Whitcombe, Dorset, England. Vol 5a - Page 813.
Family details:
Son of Joseph and Charity Smith; husband of Mabel Caines (formerly Smith), of Back, 17 High St., Poole.
Census details:
Not positively identified before 1911. 1911 - Sees 27 years old 'Bricklayer' John living at 39 Courthill Terrace, Lours Parkstone, Dorset with wife Mabel (23) and two children: Ernest (3), Edward (2).
[pic]imgs/sppics/J_Smith_Dorset.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private John Smith at Perth Cemetery (China Wall)
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
