SMITH H.
Harold Smith
Private 46509
10th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Harold Smith died on Monday 9 July 1917, Age 20, and was remembered on the ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France.
He was the son of Samuel and Priscilla Smith, of Meden Bank, Stanton Hill, Mansfield, and the brother of Cyril Smith, who is also remembered on the War Memorial.
Notts Free Press, 19th October 1917
At the Stanton Hill Primitive Methodist Church on Sunday morning
a memorial service was held for four young men who have sacrificed their lives
at the war. (Privates W. J. Mountney, J. W. Dorricott, H. Smith and C. L. Vann),
all of whom were previously connected with the above place of worship. Evidence
was not wanting that the deceased soliders were held in high respect and that
much sympathy was felt for the bereaved families. In spite of the service being
held in the morning, the seating accommodation of the building was taxed almost
to the extreme, and the large assembly was augmented by the presence of the
Stanton Hill Brass Band under the conductorship of Bandmaster J. T. Parkes, and
a good representation of the local volunteers and officers. The service was
conducted by the Rev. M. H. Bainton (curcuit minister), Sutton, who delivered an
appropriate sermon on the 37th verse of the 10th chapter of St Matthew's Gospel.
Prior to making reference to the deceased soldiers, the preacher extended much
sympathy to the bereaved families in their great loss. These young men were not
only brave but good.
The preacher referred to H. Smith as a loving and dutiful son, news of his death
being received the latter part of July last.
Notts Free Press, 12th July 1918
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
SMITH Harold, born Skegby, Notts., Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts (resides Stanton Hill), 10th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby) Private 46509, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 8th July 1917*.
Research by Heather Faulkes
*Date of death differs to www.cwgc.org
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