Name Joseph Smith Rank Private Record Type Military Death Date 11 Feb 1917 Service Number 42377 Corps, Regiment or Unit 2nd King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Title WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers Description Other Ranks Died Smith John J-Smith Mark Reference Number 4/D/20844 Mother: Lucy A Smith (Next of Kin)
Birth Place Keighley, Yorks Death Date 11 Feb 1917 Death Place France and Flanders Enlistment Place Keighley Rank Private Regiment King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Battalion 2nd Battalion Regimental Number 42377 Type of Casualty Killed in action Theatre of War Western European Theatre Comments Formerly 29/777, Northumberland Fus
General Notes
Aged 1 in 1891
In 1911, Joseph, 21 and a house painter was living with mother Lucy Alma Smith at Keithley.
11 Sep 1916, another Joseph Smith, a soldier, son of Joseph married Jane Greenwood.
11 Feb 1917, Joseph Smith 42377 was Killed in action in the great War, WW1. His mother is recorded as Lucy A Smith.
Occupation Details
From 1911 Joseph's occupation was House Painter in construction in Keighley.3
Occupation Notes
1911 census
From 1916 his occupation was Soldier in Keighley.4