Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Vis-En-Artois Memorial | Panel 9 | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.135 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 35B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of the late Robert Colville Smith and Philadelphia Smith, of Wellington, New Zealand; husband of Alice Jane Murphy (formerly Smith), of Lyon St., Featherston, North Island, New Zealand.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 1/Wiltshire Regiment |
1st Battalion August 1914 : at Tidworth. Part of 7th Brigade in 3rd Division. 14 August 1914 : landed at Rouen. 18 October 1915 : transferred with the Brigade to 25th Division. 21 June 1918: transferred to 110th Brigade in 21st Division |
| Action : The Second Battles of Arras 1918 |
26 August - 3 September 1918. In a replica of the experience on the Somme which was happening concurrently a few miles further south, the old battlefields around Arras, so bitterly fought over in 1917 were taken and the Germans challenged on the Hindenburg Line. The Drocourt-Queant sector, which had proven such an obstacle in previous years was taken by the 3rd September and with the Hindenburg line broken in the sector the advance was again possible.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Jersey No. 2163 E.C. | Middlesex |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
4th September 1911 | 4th December 1911 | 11th January 1912 |
Lodge records at the United Grand Lodge of England show that David was "Killed in Action Sept 1918." In 1911, the year he was initiated, he was employed as a Confectioner.
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley