Service Details
Name:
 SMITH
Given Name:
 CHARLES THEODORE
Initials:
 C T
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own)
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Date of Death:
 1915-05-22
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Date of Birth:
 1883-08-06
Age:
 31
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at Loos
Additional
Information:
Son of Charles Smith (merchant), of Ashley Lodge, Aberdeen. Born Aberdeen, 6 August 1883; educated Aberdeen Grammar School; matriculated in Agriculture, 1900. After spending a short time in the Agricultural Department he obtained a commission in the 3rd Dragoon Guards with whom he served in the South African War. On the conclusion of that war he served in the African Mounted Police. He rejoined the 3rd Dragoon Guards in September 1914 and proceeded to France in November of the same year. He died, 22 May 1915, from wounds received at Loos in the preceding month.
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. B. 48.

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