SMITHURST J.
Jabez Smithurst
Private 87916
3rd Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
Jabez Smithurst died on Wednesday 8 August 1917, Age 24, and was buried in SKEGBY (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD, Nottinghamshire.
He was born c1893 in Brinsley, Notts, the son of Jabez and Emma Smithurst. Jabez Smithurst was a coal miner, originally from Greasley, who married Emma Hallam at Brinsley in March 1890. Emma Hallam was a native of Brinsley.
On the 1901 census the family were living in Heanor, but by 1917 Jabez and Emma Smithurst were living at 60 Marshall Terrace, Stanton Hill, Notts.
"Lest we forget - The Blackwell Colliery War Souvenier"
J. Smithurst. 60 Marshall Terrace, Stanton Hill. Enlisted 5-6-17. Pte., Notts & Derby Regt. Died. 8-8-17.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War
1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
SMITHURST Jabez. Born Brinsley, Notts. Enlisted Mansfield (resides Stanton Hill). 3rd Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.). Private 87916, died at home, 8th August 1917.
Research by Heather Faulkes
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