William Rowsell Smith
Private 33989
6th Battalion Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry
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William Rowsell Smith was the son of Mr Frederick William Smith a hairdresser of The Arcade, Reading and Mrs Anne Amelia Smith of, Melrose, Culver Road, Reading. He was one of four brothers who served during the war.
William Smith is remembered on the grave of his parents and other family members. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 80 to 82 and 163A.
He was killed on 22nd August 1917, aged 21, during the very heavy fighting of the battle of 3rd Ypres.
William Rowsell Smith is also commemorated on the Park Church Memorial.