George Victor Smith
Service number
556195
Military unit
A' Sqn Nottinghamshire Yeomanry Royal Armoured Corps
Address
Retford, Nottinghamshire, England.
Date of birth
Date of death
06 Apr 1943 (24 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
Unknown
Military history
Killed on the morning of 6th April 1943 during the opening stages of the battle of Wadi Akarit in Tunisia.
As A Squadron prepared to go forward through the gap in the enemy defenses made by the preceding barrage, they were bombed by British bombers killing the twenty-four year old and wounding two others of his crew.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of George Victor Smith
The Notts Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry 1939-1946 Facebook page.