SMART, George William

Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, EgyptCredit: CWGC

Private
2nd/4th Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

George was born 1876 in Newport to Harry & Annie (nee JACKMAN) SMART. In 1881 the family were living at Leigh Terrace in Carisbrooke; in 1891 at Coppins Bridge, Newport & by 1901 & 1911 at New Street in Newport.

George, aged 41, was reported as having been Killed in Action on the 3rd of December 1917 & is buried in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery in Egypt beneath a Commission Headstone. He rests alongside over 1,560 of his First World War Comrades.

George is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.