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- Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 5th Battalion
Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) - 5th Battalion - including all Battalions associated with it, inclu ... - Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de Calais, France.
Le Touret Military Cemetery, Richebourg-L'Avoue, Pas de Calais, France. The Cemetery was begun by th ...
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- Black Watch brothers through marriage.
David was not a relative of mine, and as far as I know he never married. He did however have a siste ... - Headstone
The message on his headstone from his mother reads "Faithful Until Death". ... - David's death
This account has been taken verbatim from p.55 of the "Roll of honour, Arbroath and district. 1914-1 ...
- Record:
- SMITH,
- Additional information:
- Son of Mrs. Kate Smith, of Grant Place Cottages, Brown St., Carnoustie, Forfarshire.
- Cemetery:
- LE TOURET MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
- Cemetery/memorial reference:
- III. H. 9.
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Every One Remembered - record for D Smith
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The regimental War Diaries are held at The UK National Archives and as of April 2020 have been made available for free download*. They are the official unit war diaries for the British Army that contain records of daily activities, including casualties. They are not personal diaries.
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- Name:
- Lieutenant Colonel Smith
- Context:
- author
- Date:
- 18 Jun 1916
- Diary:
- 3 DIVISION: 8 Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (page 85)
- Name:
- Second Lieutenant Smith
- Context:
- other
- Date:
- 23 Jun 1916
- Diary:
- 1 DIVISION: Divisional Troops: 23 Field Company Royal Engineers. (page 166)
- Name:
- Captain Smith
- Context:
- departed_sick
- Date:
- 24 Jun 1916
- Diary:
- 2 CAVALRY DIVISION: 20 Hussars (page 293)
- Name:
- Sergeant Smith
- Context:
- award
- Date:
- 25 Jun 1916
- Diary:
- 5 DIVISION: 1 Battalion Norfolk Regiment (page 92)
- Name:
- Lieutenant Smith
- Context:
- other
- Date:
- 27 Jun 1916
- Diary:
- 1 DIVISION: Divisional Troops: 23 Field Company Royal Engineers. (page 167)
- Name:
- Lieutenant Colonel G A Smith
- Context:
- author
- Date:
- 18 Jun 1916
- Diary:
- 3 DIVISION: 8 Battalion King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment (page 85)
- Name:
- Private W Smith
- Context:
- returned_leave
- Date:
- 19 Jun 1916
- Diary:
- 1 CAVALRY DIVISION: 10 Mobile Veterinary Section (page 156)
- Name:
- Corporal M Smith
- Context:
- Wounded
- Date:
- 23 Jun 1916
- Diary:
- 4 DIVISION: 7 Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (page 97)
- Name:
- Lieutenant E C Smith
- Context:
- joined
- Date:
- 23 Jun 1916
- Diary:
- 1 INDIAN CAVALRY DIVISION: Sialkot Cavalry Field Ambulance (page 205)
- Name:
- Private W Smith
- Context:
- Wounded
- Date:
- 23 Jun 1916
- Diary:
- 4 DIVISION: 7 Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (page 97)
