Photo: Brian Chandler
Photo: Brian Chandler
J. Smith
Manchester Regiment
9th November 1919 age 43.
At rest
There is also a family headstone which reads:
In
loving
memory of
Christopher
beloved husband of
Margaret Smith
who died at 23 Summerhill Grove
Dec.23rd 1915, aged 63,
also of their eldest son
Joseph
beloved husband of
Eliza W. Smith
Regt.Q.M.Sergt.
2nd Battn. Manchester Regt.
who died of wounds
Nov.9th 1918, aged 41
also of the above
Margaret Smith
who died March 28th 1922
aged 73 years
also of Christopher John
beloved youngest son of the above
Christopher & Margaret
who died Dec.30th 1933
aged 33 years
also of Annie Isabel
their youngest daughter
who died February 20th 1956
aged 71 years.
Joseph was born on 27th November 1875, the son of Maggie and the late Christopher. He was the husband of Eliza Winter Smith, whom he married on 5th May 1907.
He enlisted with ‘D’ Company, 2nd Battalion and was ‘Mentioned in Despatches’.
Joseph received a gunshot wound (flesh) to the head and was admitted to hospital on 31st August 1918.
He later died at the Military Hospital, Cardiff from wounds received in action
Acknowledgements: Ron Carson
