Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 CHARLES HOYLE
Initials:
 C H
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Scots
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Unit:
 9th Bn. attd. 13th Bn.
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Former Regiment:
 formerly Pte. 172 3rd Natal Mounted Rifles
Date of Death:
 1917-04-23
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Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Battle of Arras
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. George Smith. Next of kin listed as Mrs. K. C. Johnson, of Waterland, Westminster, Orange Free State, South Africa. Born Edinburgh. Educated George Heriot's School, Edinburgh, Scotland 1895-1901. Manager of Northern Assurance Company's branch in South Africa. Member of the Royal Durban Golf Club. Sailed to Scotland to re-enlist with the 9th Battalion, Royal Scots; attached 13th Battalion in France. Commemorated on Natal Mounted Rifles Memorial. Commemorated on George Heriot?s School, Edinburgh WWI Memorial. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Bay 1 and 2.

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