Ernest Mitchell SMITH

Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1

Private 1252 Ernest Mitchell SMITH of 1st / 9th Bn., Manchester Regiment

Killed in Action Friday 13th August 1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, age 20

Of: 52 Clarendon Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Born: 1895, Chisworth, Derbyshire

Parents: Mary Ann Smith and Joseph Hadfield Smith of 52 Clarendon Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Marital status: Single

Occupation: Apprentice Joiner, Hat Works

He enlisted in: Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire

Remembered on: Redoubt Cemetery, Helles, Turkey, XI. B. 2.

Link with Hyde: Born in Hyde

Notes:

News of Private Ernest Smith's death came from a Lieutenant Braddock, of the 9th Manchesters, who said Private Ernest Smith was killed by a shot through the head.

Brother to Private 18923 Herbert Smith, Lance Corporal 22181 Leonard Smith and Private 1592 Harold Smith.

Of:	52 Clarendon Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:	1895, Chisworth, Derbyshire
Parents:	Mary Ann Smith and Joseph Hadfield Smith of 52 Clarendon Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital status:	Single
Occupation:	Apprentice Joiner, Hat Works
He enlisted in:	Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire
Remembered on:	Redoubt Cemetery, Helles, Turkey, XI. B. 2.
Link with Hyde:	Born in Hyde