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Private James Smiton

 

 

James Smiton of 81 My Lady's Road, Belfast, enlisted with the North Irish Horse on 28 or 29 May 1915 (Service No.1640). He embarked for France in 1916 or 1917 and was transferred to the 9th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers in September 1917 (No.41279).  He was later made a prisoner of war.

Image from the Belfast Evening Telegraph, kindly provided by Nigel Henderson (see Fitzroy Presbyterian Church: Wartime Service and Sacrifice).