In Memory Of

SMITH, CHARLES THEODORE

Service Details
Age:
 31
Date of Birth:
 1883-08-06
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Regiment:
 3rd Dragoon Guards (Prince of Wales' Own)
Date of Death:
 1915-05-22
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, received at Loos
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II. B. 48.
Cemetery:
 BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Charles and Isabella Smith (merchant), of Ashley Lodge, Aberdeen. Born Aberdeen, Scotland. Educated Aberdeen Grammar School; matriculated in Agriculture, 1900. After spending a short time in the Agricultural Department he obtained a commission in the 3rd Dragoon Guards with whom he served in the South African War. On the conclusion of that war he served in the African Mounted Police. He rejoined the 3rd Dragoon Guards in September 1914 and proceeded to France in November of the same year.