Hyde War Memorial Trust

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


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William SMITH

Private 54112 William SMITH
24th Battalion, (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Royal Welsh Fusilier,
formerly 50029 Welsh Regiment

Drowned,   Sunday 15th April 1917,   Lost in the wreck of SS Arcadian,   age 21

Home address:1 Godley Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:1896, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:Annie Smith and Frank Smith
11 Grafton Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital status:Single
Occupation:Apprentice to Machine Printing
Enlisted:Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:Mikra Memorial, Greece,
panel 12.
Link to Hyde:Born in Hyde

The SS 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.