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Ernest Arthur Smith

Private

Service No. 201611

Age 21

Died on 4 April 1917

Lincolnshire Regiment

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Smith, of 50, Lindum Avenue, Monks Rd., Lincoln.

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Henry Harrison

Ernest, O valiant heart, who to your glory came….your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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In eternal gratitude for your supreme sacrifice from the Royal Naval Association, Lincoln Branch.

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In eternal gratitude for your supreme sacrifice from the Submariners Association, Lincoln Branch.

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Ernest, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, although so many of our comrades must have been blown...

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