SMITH, George Alfred
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
9 Commando
Prior Police Service:
North Riding of Yorkshire Constabulary
Regiment/Corps:
Black Watch
Service:
Army
Number:
14241717
Born:
Saturday, April 21, 1917
Died :
Sunday, March 19, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
26
Cemetery/Memorial:
Private George Smith was killed in action during an operation against German forces in the wadis near the Anzio beachhead, Italy, and has no known grave. Son of George Henry and Alice Smith; husband of Elsie Smith, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
George Alfred Smith was a Police Constable in Middlesborough who volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 and was part of a Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre) at Achnacarry. His name is on a plaque located in the Memorial Garden at North Yorkshire Police and Fire HQ, Alverton Court, Crosby Road, Northallerton.
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/74.
The 1939 Registry covering Northallerton.
Tony Moore, FRHistS and Police Historian.
Linked Content below.
[Images] Robert Smith, nephew.
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Photo of Commando in Gallery:
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