Edward Robson Smith
Sapper 63487 96th Field Company
Royal Engineers
Division 26
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Edward Robson Smith, was the eldest son of Ralph and Mary E. Smith, of 44, Mortimer Road, South Shields. The 1911 census indicates that his occupation was that of a apprentice joiner. His father was a joiner for the Education Authority. He had four brother although only three were at home on census night.
No service record is available and the cause of death is unknown, he died on 21st March 1915, aged 21.
His is a registered war grave with a CWGC war pattern headstone, number 6157.