Robert Henry Smith, Lancashire Fusillers, Reg. #: 40347

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Hello everyone, I am conducting research on an individual for a school project and am having no luck. Below will be all the info I have on him thus far. I still need his service record, birth record, marriage record, and war diaries of his unit from 18/11/1917, 20/11/1917, and 22/11/1917. I will GREATLY appreciate anyone who can help me out. Thanks!

Name: Robert Henry Smith

Born: 1890

Service #: 40347

Force: Lancashire Fusiliers ( Armed Services)

Unit: Infantry Regiment, 2nd/5th Bn

Nationality: United Kingdom

Date of Death: November 20th, 1917Apart of the 164th Brigade, 55th Division.

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From sdgw

Name: Robert Henry Smith

Birth Place: Burscough, Lancs

Death Date: 20 Nov 1917

Death Location: France & Flanders

Enlistment Location: Ormskirk, Lancs

Rank: Private

Regiment: Lancashire Fusiliers

Battalion: 2/5th Battalion

Number: 40347

Type of Casualty: Killed in action

Theatre of War: Western European Theatre

Comments: Formerly 54436, Liverpool Regt.

From cwgc

Name: SMITH, ROBERT HENRY

Initials: R H

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Private

Regiment/Service: Lancashire Fusiliers

Unit Text: 2nd/5th Bn.

Age: 27

Date of Death: 20/11/1917

Service No: 40347

Additional information: Son of Thomas Smith; husband of Margaret Smith, of 1, Wigan Rd., Ormskirk, Lancs.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Grave/Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 3 C and 3 D.

Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

1901 census

Robert can be found on the 1901 census residing with his Parents Thomas a Grocer and Hannah Smith

at 18 Crabtree lane Burscough Lancashire a Schoolboy aged 9

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He was posted overseas sometime after 1 Jan 1916 with the 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers, he was posted to this unit prior to the date he went overseas. Prior to this his service with the Liverpool regiment was in the UK only.