William Alexander Smith (Schmidt)
Sugar factory worker.
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Son of John Christian Richard Schmidt and Barbara Schmidt nee Gammie. Barbara remarried in 1921 after the death of her husband in 1919. Surname changed from Schmidt to Smith during WWI. Of Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.
Newspaper article in the Newark Advertiser says he was married. Ancestry.com does not list a marriage but does list a child.
Lodged at 109 Sleaford Road Newark with the Norris family while working at the Newark Sugar Factory.
Killed during The battle of the Mareth Line (20-26 March 1943) this was the Eighth Army's last major set piece battle in North Africa, and saw Montgomery force the Germans and Italians to retreat from their last significant defensive position in southern Tunisia.
Pte Smith named on the Newark parish Roll of Honour.
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