11th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
16/08/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
Summary
Samuel Smith was born in Toome. He enlisted in Belfast. Sergeant Samuel Smith was serving with the 11th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on Thursday 16th August 1917.
Further Information
Samuel Smith was born in Toome.
Samuel Smith enlisted in Belfast.
Sergeant Samuel Smith was serving with the 11th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on Thursday 16th August 1917.
In his will, he left all to his brother.
Last Will and Testament of Samuel Smith dated 27th June 1916:
In the event of my death, I leave the whole of my effects to my brother. Sam Smyth. 14926 11th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Sergeant Smith has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial. The Memorial to the Missing at Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium bears the names of many who fell in the battles for Passchendaele and whose bodies were never recovered.
Sergeant Smith is also commemorated on the WWI Roll of Honour in Wellington Street Presbyterian Church in Ballymena.
