SMITH, Walter

Ploegsteert Memorial, BelgiumCredit: CWGC

Private
2nd Battalion
Hampshire Regiment

Walter was born 1899 in Newport to Edward & Ellen Mary (nee CHIVERTON) SMITH, who were living at The Cutter's Arms, in Carisbrooke around the time of Walter’s death.

Walter, aged 19, was reported as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 11th of April 1918, & he is commemorated by the Commission on Panel 6 of the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium with more than 11,300 of his First World War comrades who still have no known grave.

Walter is also remembered on the Newport Borough War Memorial.

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.