Date of Birth
Unknown
College
Borough Road College
Service number
185761
WW1 rank
Gunner
Royal Field Artillery, Egyptian Expeditionary Forc
Theatre of war
Egypt
Date of death
20 October 1917
Location of death
Egypt
Buried/memorial
Alexandria (Hadra) War Memorial Cemetery (Grave/Memorial reference: D. 197.)
Biography
Gunner Harry Christopher Smith was the son of Fred and Serena Smith. He attended Borough Road College, nothing is known about him academically, but he played rugby for the college. He is listed as having achieved an Intermediate Arts qualification implying that he finished his course before going into active war service. Smith served as a Gunner with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, Royal Field Artillery. The 1918 Roll of Honour says that he “died of Pneumonia in Egypt”, on 20 October 1917, aged 20.
Sources
Entry on p.88 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, BRCRU011, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 1918 Annual Repo