Harold Smith
in 1911 census he is a moulder.
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Harold Smith was born in 1889 at Nottingham, he was the son of the late Joseph Arthur Smith a butcher and Charlotte Smith née Warsop of 4 Rutland Villas, Belvoir Hill, Sneinton.
His father Joseph Arthur Smith was born in 1856 at Nottingham, he died in 1887 aged 31 yrs his mother Charlotte Warsop was born in 1853 at Nottingham, she died in 1912 aged 59 yrs. they were married on 18th July 1874 at St Marks Church, Nottingham, they went on to have 10 children, sadly 1 was to die in ifnacy or early childhood.
In the 1911 census his widowed mother Charlotte 57 yrs is an office cleaner, she is living with her chidren, Charlotte 37 yrs a hosiery machinist and Harold 23 yrs a boot shop assistant.
Harold was the husband of Ethel Russell (born 29th August 1885) they were married in 1906 at Nottingham, they had the following children, Elsie born 22nd June 1906, Gertrude Alice born 26th November 1911, Sarah Ann born 21st March 1914 and Bernard born 1916
In the 1911 census the family lived at 20 Clarence Street, Nottingham, Harold 23 yrs is a moulder he is living with his wife Ethel 25 yrs and their daughter Elsie 4 yrs of age.
Ethel later lived at 2 Lowdham Street, Alfred Street, Sneinton, Nottingham commencing 12th November 1917 she was awarded a pension of 27 shillings and 6 pence a week.
Sergeant Harold Smith, enlisted in Nottingham and served with 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, was killed in action on 23rd April 1917, he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Nottingham Post notice (abridged), 12 May 1917: 'Smith. Killed in action April 23rd. Sergeant Harold Smith, Lincolnshire Regiment, in his 30th year (sic), husband of Ethel Dolly Smith, 16 Hyde Terrace, Lowdham Street. Wife and children, mother, sisters, brothers serving with the Colours.'
In memoriam published 23rd April 1918 in the Nottingham Evening Post :-
“SMITH. – In loving memory of Sergt. Harold Smith, who fell in action April 23rd, 1917, son of Mrs. Smith, late Plough and Harrow Inn, Lowdham-street. Duty nobly done. – Mother, brother, sisters.”
Above in memoriam courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facebook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918.
Photo of Harold Smith
Arras Memorial courtesy of the cwgc