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.