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Private John Smyth

 

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Private John Smyth, 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Service Nos 1435 (NIH), 41205 (RIF). Enlisted Antrim. Died in No.6 Hospital, Rouen, on 1 December 1917, from wounds received during the assault on the village of Moeuvres, Battle of Cambrai. He is buried at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France, grave P.V.C.6B. The gravestone inscription reads:

41205 PRIVATE

J SMYTH

ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS

1ST DECEMBER 1917

 

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Image of headstone kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Co-ordinator of the The War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org. Other images sourced from De Ruvignys Roll of Honour, Vol.3.