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Name: SMITH, Harry
Birth Date: 25 July 1907 Middlesbrough
Death Date: 12 Feb 1944 in sinking of Kedive Ismail off Ceylon
First Date: 1930
Profession: c/o Motor Mart, Nairobi
Area: Nairobi
Married: In Middlesbrough 20 Apr 1940 Emma Baines Figg b. 21 Apr 1915 Middlesbrough, d. 3 July 1993 (later m. Richard Townley, Wickham 1908-1999)
Children: Jean (17 Mar 1941 Middlesbrough-5 Aug 2016 Middlesbrough)
Book Reference: Red 31
War Service: RA, E. Af. Artillery
General Information:
CWGC Smith, W.O.II (BSM) Harry 1072024. Royal Artillery, attd. 301 Field Regt., E. Af. Artillery; lost in SS Khedive Ismail (London) 12th Feb 1944. Age 35. Husband of E. Smith, of Middlebrough.
1939 England and Wales Register living in Middlesbrough, single, as motor driver, baker's van