SMITH Matthew Private 70920

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Surname: SMITH;

Forename(s): Matthew;

Initials: M;

Number: 70920;

Rank: Private;

Born in: Bathgate;

Enlisted in: Edinburgh;

Enlistment Date: 31-Aug-1914;

Resided in: Linlithgow;

Previous Number: 12452;

Previous Battalion: 7 of;

Previous Regiment: R Scots Fus;

Date of transfer to MGC: 02-Dec-1916;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 19 Coy;

Date abroad: 25-Aug-1915;

Theatre of War: 1;

Discharge Date: 14-Dec-1918;

Other Data: WO363(FMP)
also served as 43066 Sco Rif
1914-15 Star roll - disch KR xvia
NA Scotland: SC70/8/1155/11 Will of 70920 Private Matthew Smith, Machine Gun Corps (Infantry). , Eastertown Mill Road, Armadale, West Lothian (26 October 1918)
NB: Not listed as a casualty - died of influenza & pneumonia 26/10/1918. Under investigation (Terry Denham, IFTC) says that Reservists did not qualify for service burials.
WO363
War Office Casualty List 18/6/1918
GSW arm & left leg 14/4/1918
transferred to Class "P" Reserve (mining)18/9/1918;

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