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Charles E Smith

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Charles Edward Smith was the third son of Jonah and Lucy Smith, born on the 18th November 1895 in Kentish Town, London.  (An account of the family’s colourful history from Carleton Rode to London and back again can be read on his oldest brother’s page – Percy J R Smith.) After his mother died in the spring of 1899, the widowed Jonah and … Continue ReadingCharles E Smith

Percy J R Smith

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Who was the elusive man listed simply as ‘P Smith’ on the Roll of Honour Board?  There was no regiment given, he wasn’t registered on the Absent Voters List at the end of the war, and none of the older residents could remember anyone of that name in the village. Extensive research has uncovered the life of the man we now know was … Continue ReadingPercy J R Smith