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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Name:
Harry Webster Smith
Regimental Number:
67183
Rank:
Private
Battalion:
25th Battalion
Date of Birth:
October 1, 1887
Place of Birth:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Date of Enlistment:
November 12, 1914
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, NS
Address at Enlistment:
Halifax, NS
Age at Enlistment:
27
Height: 5 Feet 7 Inches
Complexion: light
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Previous Military:
Canadian Field Artillery
Militia Training in Yarmouth
3 years with 1st Artillery, Halifax, NS
Trade:
Stevedore
Marital Status:
Single
Religion:
Church of England
Next of Kin:
Mrs Nellie Smith Mother) Halifax, NS
Date of Death:
September 21, 1916
Age at Death:
29
Cemetery:
St. James Cemetery, Dover, Kent, United Kingdom
Grave Reference:
Plot: N. H. 4.
Commemorated on Page 164 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on April 14
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 25th Battalion
Listed on the Yarmouth War Memorial
Harry Webster Smith was the son of Henry J. and Nellie B. Smith, of Halifax, NS.
He enlisted at Halifax with the 25th Battalion and went overseas on the SS Saxonia arriving in England
on May 29, 1915. He embarked for France on September 15, 1915.
He suffered a serious shell wound to his right thigh on September 15 while serving in a communication
trench. Returned to Folkstone in the UK by hospital ship, he was admitted to the Dover Military
Hospital, Kent, UK on September 21, 1916. He died of his wounds at 10:50 am on September 21,
1916.
Harry Webster Smith