Rev. David Youngson has submitted the following:
2nd Lieutenant Norman Edward SMITH
Lancashire Regiment 1/2nd Battalion
Attached 2nd/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
A student residing at Stanley Street, Blyth, he was Initiated into Blagdon Lodge No 659, Blyth, Province of Northumberland on the 15th December 1910; Passed 18th January 1911 and was Raised on the 15th February 1911 resigning in December 1913. He was a Joining member of Emulation Lodge No 1163, Birmingham, Province of Warwickshire on the 27th June 1912 when his occupation was given as a Soap Manufacturer aged 22. He was killed in action on the 20th July 1918 aged 28. He is buried in Marfaux British Cemetery, Marne, France, Grave Reference II.A.1
