In Memory Of

SMITH, CHARLES HOYLE

Service Details
Age:
 31
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Unit:
 9th Bn. attd. 13th Bn.
Regiment:
 Royal Scots
Former Regiment:
 formerly Pte. 172 3rd Natal Mounted Rifles
Date of Death:
 1917-04-23
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, in Battle of Arras
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Bay 1 and 2.
Cemetery:
 ARRAS MEMORIAL
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
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