1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance

Soldier Record

Samuel George Smedley

Contributed by: Nigel, on 2008-11-25

Samuel George Smedley
Rank
First Name Samuel George
Surname Smedley
Year of Birth 1891
Year of Death 1916
Regiment Sherwood Foresters
Place of Wartime Residence Eckington, Derbyshire

Samuel George's Story

In memory of Private Samuel George Smedley (25908) 9th Battalion, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment. Soldier of Gallipoli and the Somme. Killed in action at the Battle of Thiepval Ridge in the Somme offensive on the 26th September 1916.

Welcome to the life of my great, great uncle

He left a widow and three young children. Coalminer of Kiveton Park and Dinnington and Holbrook collieries.

Welcome to the life of my great, great uncle

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