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A hand-written letter from a Forces Chaplain dated 12 September 1915 describing William's army in-service death and burial at sea.
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Peninsula on the hospital ship Gloucester Castle on Monday Aug 23rd. That night he was transferred to the "Franconia" in which ship I was Chaplain. This ship is a very large one and Mr. Smith was placed in a large room with other patients severely injured. Mr. Smyth was shot through both
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Jonathan Stormont
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documents/tree-01-I2245 -SMITH-william-alexander-death-letter/1915-09-12-SMITH-william-alexander-death-letter-p3.html
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0.64 KB
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1054
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n/a
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Folio version
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v15.0.0.38 (B241216-032904)
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William Alexander Ivory Smith
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