Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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William SMITH
Private 54112 William SMITH of 24th Bn., (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Royal Welsh Fusilier, (Formerly 50029 Welsh Regiment)
Drowned Sunday 15th April 1917, Lost in the wreck of S.S. "Arcadian", age 21
| Home address: | 1 Godley Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1896, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Annie Smith and Frank Smith of 11 Grafton Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Apprentice to Machine Printing |
| He enlisted in: | Hyde, Cheshire |
| Remembered: | Mikra Memorial, Greece, Commonwealth War Grave |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
The S.S. "Arcadian" was torpedoed and sunk in Mediterranean 15th April 1917 by a German submarine 26 miles north of the Greek Island of Milos. 601 troops were on board and 75 of those perished.