Private 12784 Elijah SMITH
101st Company, Machine Gun Corps,formerly 15386 Lancashire Fusiliers
Died of Wounds, Friday 14th July 1916, Edinburgh War Hospital, Age 26
Home address:
13 Union Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1890, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Hannah Smith and John Smith
182 Market Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Married to Elizabeth Hannah Smith (née Hallas)
13 Union Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Occupation:
Great Central Railway Crane Driver
Enlisted:
Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered:
St. George's Churchyard, Hyde, Cheshire, a CWGC memorial.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
He died from a shot in the neck.
Elijah Smith’s funeral was held in Hyde town centre, with a funeral cortege along Market Street on route to St. George’s Church. Before his burial he was given a military salute over his grave.
All gravestones have now been removed from St George’s churchyard. The CWGC gravestones were replaced by the memorial pictured right.