Part 175

=SMITH, JAMES WILLIAM=, Private, No. 10/1036, B Coy. (East Coast Regt.), Wellington Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, _s._ of William Smith, of Regent Street, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand, formerly of Wakefield, co. York, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of J. S. Meiklejohn, of Melbourne, Australia, and nephew of the late James Sim Benyon, proprietor and Editor of the “Kumara Times”; _b._ Hokitika, West Coast, South Island, 4 Nov. 1879; educ. Kumara High School, after which he served as an apprentice in a grocery business in the same town. He then joined the Justice Department of the New Zealand Government, and was appointed to H.M. Prisons, being ultimately transferred to the Survey Department. On the outbreak of war he joined the main body of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Aug. 1914, took part in the defence of the Suez Canal, and was killed in action, 2 May, 1915, eight days after landing on the Gallipoli Peninsula; _unm._

=SMITH, JOHN=, Private, No. 2484, 5th Battn. The Royal Sussex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late James Smith, of Battenhurst Farm, Stonegate, Farm Bailiff, by his wife, Eliza (Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, Sussex); _b._ Stonegate, co. Sussex, 24 June, 1890; educ. Stonegate School; was employed as gardener at Afterglow, Wadhurst; joined 5th Sussex Territorials Sept. 1914, and died of pulmonary tuberculosis at his home, Mabbs Hill, Stonegate, 25 July, 1915; _unm._

=SMITH, JOHN=, stoker, 2nd Class, S.S. 115515, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13677 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, JOHN ACKLAND=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20594 (lev.), H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, JOHN ALEXANDER HAY=, B.A., LL. B., Lieut., 11th (Service) Battn. The Royal Scots, only _s._ of the late William Smith, of Calcutta, Jute Merchant, by his wife, I. Seath (now wife of W. G. Mair, of Clifton Bank, St. Andrews), dau. of Alexander Nicoll, of Dundee, Merchant; _b._ Darjeeling, India, 17 Nov. 1890; educ. Stanley House, Bridge of Allan, Clifton Bank, St. Andrews, and Pembroke College, Cambridge graduated B.A. Hons. and LL.B. 1912), and was continuing the study of law in London, when war broke out in Aug. 1914; obtained a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 11th Royal Scots on the 27th of that month, and was promoted Lieut. shortly before his death; went to France in April, 1915, and was killed in action at La Touret, near Festubert, 14 Aug. 1915; _unm._ Buried at Hinges. He was the heir and one of the residuary legatees of the late Mr. John Smith, of Adderley, Forfarshire, but by the terms of the bequest was only to have a life interest up to the age of 25. As he was only 24 years of age his share of the residue went to the Dundee Infirmary and the Dundee Victoria Hospital for Incurables.

=SMITH, JOHN ARTHUR=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16726, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, JOHN CHARLES=, Private, No. 11098, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Joseph Smith, Park Lane Corner, Berkswell, Sawyer, by his wife, Ann, dau. of Thomas Gibbs; _b._ Temple Balsall, near Knowle, co. Warwick, 12 April, 1893; educ. at Burton Green, Kenilworth, and Temple Balsall, near Knowle; enlisted 18 Aug. 1914; went to France early in Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 22 Dec. following; _unm._

=SMITH, MALCOLM ST. AIDAN=, Private, No. 286, A Coy., 10th Battn., 3rd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of Henry Teesdale Smith, of Arthur’s Seat, Crafers, South Australia, Railway Contractor, by his wife, Lydia Kate, dau. of Samuel Johnson, of Melbourne, Victoria, and great grandson of Major Henry Teesdale, who was killed at the Battle of Meeanee, and whose services are mentioned in Sir William Napier’s “Conquest of Sind”; _b._ Torquay, Tasmania, 31 May, 1890; educ. Cordwalles, Maidenhead, England, and Guildford Grammar School, Western Australia; and was an assistant engineer in the construction of the Minnipa Hill railway on Eyre’s Peninsula and on a section of the East-West line. On the outbreak of the European War he immediately volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary force, went to Egypt with them; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles on 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there two days later. He was wounded twice, but refused to go back. An officer in another Battn. wrote to his father: “He was a member of the Battn. that deserved all the praise for the initial landing, and the way they waded ashore and cleared the first hill is simply incredible. On the Tuesday after our big advance, I found my way to the beach late at night, and at once enquired at the Dressing Station, but they could only say they thought a Malcolm Smith had been killed. There is no sentiment (or time for it) on the field, but his friends in the Company say he died as they hope to die, right in the middle of it.”

=SMITH, PERCY LOWE=, Ordinary Seaman, S.S. 4670, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, ROBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7495), S.S. 102811, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of William Smith, of Eastward, Carnwyllie, Arbroath; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ROBERT=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2922, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, ROBERT ERNEST=, Private, No. 5761, 4th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., _s._ of Alfred Smith; _b._ Cookley, co. Worcester, Jan. 1880; educ. Wolverly Parish Schools there; enlisted in March, 1900; served in the South African War, 1901–2 (Queen’s and King’s medals), and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 15 May, 1915; _unm._

=SMITH, ROBERT JOSHUA=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 17440, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, SIDNEY=, Officer’s Steward, 3rd Class, L. 4434, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, SIDNEY CHARLES=, Blacksmith, 343371, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, SIDNEY JOSEPH=, Private, No. 12331, No. 3 Coy., 2nd Battn. Grenadier Guards, yr. _s._ of Francis Louis Smith, of 35, Alfred Street, Neath, Gardener, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of Julia O’Leary, of Caerleon, Monmouth; _b._ Newport, co. Monmouth, 6 Feb. 1888; educ. Brynock National Schools; enlisted 1 Sept. 1905; went to France with the Expeditionary Force about 12 Aug. 1914; took part in the retreat from Mons, the Battle of the Marne and the advance to the Aisne, and was killed in action at Zillebeke, 7 Nov. 1914. Buried 1½ miles east of Zillebeke, near Ypres. His company officer the late Capt. Alwyn Gosselin, D.S.O., wrote expressing regret at his loss, and added: “Your son was always cheerful under the very trying conditions of the campaign, and he is a great loss to his comrades.” He was at one time considered the Army champion in bayonet exercises. He _m._ at St. Joseph R.C. Church, Neath, South Wales, 16 Nov. 1913, Mary Anne (Crythan Road, Neath), dau. of John (and Eliza) Singleton.

=SMITH, STANLEY IVAN=, A.B., J. 3081, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, SYDNEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2564), 186020, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914

=SMITH, SYDNEY HENRY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9317), S.S. 106555, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, THOMAS=, Private, No. 10229, 4th Reserve, attd. 3rd. Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of the late Thomas Smith, of Hull, by his wife, Minnie; _b._ Hull, 14 March, 1894; enlisted July, 1913; went to France, 13 Aug. 1914; was wounded in March and invalided home, and died in King George’s Hospital, Stamford Street, S.E., 16 Sept. 1915, of wounds and appendicitis; to an inquiry as to whether he would wish to go to the Front again he wrote: “I am willing if I am needed, as duty to my King comes before pleasure. I am proud I have been able to do a little.” He _m._ at St. Peter’s Church, Drypool, Hull, Daisy Mary (149, Seaford Road, West Ealing), eldest dau. of John Henry White, of Wandsworth, now Private, No. 074568, A.S.C.M.T; _s.p._

=SMITH, THOMAS GRIFFIN=, Gunner, R.M.A., 4798, B. 100, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, THOMAS SYDNEY=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., elder _s._ of the Rev. Sydney Edward Smith, Rector of Sprotborough, Doncaster, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of Major-Gen. Augustus Arthur Currie, C.B.; _b._ Womersley Vicarage, co. York, 31 March, 1895; educ. Hill House, St. Leonards-on-Sea; Radley, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Battn. Dorsetshire Regt., 19 Aug. 1914; went to France, 7 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at La Bassée, 11 Oct. 1914.

=SMITH, TOM=, Private, No. 337, T. Coy., 7th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Eli Smith, by his wife, Hannah (now wife of William Ward, of Ginfield Ully, near Dursley; _b._ 18 Aug. 1886; educ. Dursley, co. Gloucester; served some time in the Navy; went to Australia; on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for Imperial service; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 9 May, 1915. His brother was one of the Dursley Volunteers who volunteered for foreign service during the Boer War, and was killed in that campaign.

=SMITH, WALTER PALMER=, Stoker, R.N.R., T. 2168., H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=SMITH, WALTER SIDNEY=, Private, Ports./14879, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, WALTER WYVILLE=, 2nd Lieut., 9th (Service) Battn. Royal Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of Robert Harris Smith, late of the Old Manor, Feltham, by his wife, Rosa Louisa, dau. of John Bashford, of Byfleet; _b._ Feltham, co. Middlesex; educ. with the Rev. F. Cavalier at Wramplingham Rectory, and at King’s College School, Wimbledon, where he entered the Training Corps, being later Capt. of the Feltham Rifle Club; after the outbreak of war enlisted in the Royal Fusiliers in Sept. 1914, was promoted 2nd Lieut. 30 Dec. 1914, and killed in action at Loos, 18 Oct. 1915; buried Vermelles Cemetery; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Major S. Gubbins, sent the following account to his parents: “Your son was killed last night about half-past six, while leading a bombing section in an attack which fully gained its objects, and the result of which you will have seen reported in the papers before this reaches you. So well was his work done, and so excellent his plans, that although 200 yards of trench of vital importance to us was gained, hardly any of his men were killed, although nearly all were wounded. Your son’s loss is a very heavy blow to the regt., and also to the Division. The qualities he showed were rare, and were far more than mere courage. A bombing officer of the very first class is almost impossible to replace under months of training. Your son was killed instantaneously by a bullet through the heart just as the men had succeeded in capturing the trenches they were attacking. His body is now with his company, and will be taken to-night for burial in ... Cemetery. I hope it may be some consolation to reflect that he died a fine death, the finest death of any in the battn. yet, and that when many before had failed, he was successful. The whole regt. shares your loss.” His company officer, Capt. N. B. Ellis Cooper, added: “Your son first of all commanded the company bombers. Our bombers co-operated with those of the Essex regt. in an attack on a German trench. Soon after the attack the officer in charge was wounded, and your son was in command. He displayed the utmost resource and gallantry, and the attack was completely successful before he was finally killed. The attack was a very fine affair, and has brought the utmost credit to our battn., and I think that we owe this credit to your son’s skill in training the bomb-throwers previous to the attack, and his gallantry in leading them during the action.”

=SMITH, WILLIAM=, Chief Petty Officer, No. 148381, Royal Navy, eldest _s._ of Alfred William Smith, by his wife, Louisa; _b._ Bridport, co. Dorset, 22 Dec. 1873; educ. at Northallington School, Bridport; joined the Navy, 22 Dec. 1891; served in the Witu Expedition, Aug. 1893 (Ashanti medal with Witu clasp), and in the European War; was lost on H.M.S. Goliath, 13 May, 1915, when that ship was torpedoed at the Dardanelles. He _m._ at Devonport, 27 Dec. 1897, Alice Maud (27, Alexandra Road, Ford), eldest dau. of John Stribley, R.N., and had four children: Alfred William, _b._ 28 Sept. 1899; George Reginald, _b._ 25 Oct. 1906; Ernest Leslie, _b._ 5 July, 1909, and Phylis Dorrien, _b._ 5 Jan. 1915.

=SMITH, WILLIAM EDMUND=, Officer’s Cook, 1st Class, 1874, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, WILLIAM GERALD FURNESS=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st, Battn. North Staffordshire Regt., 2nd _s._ of the Rev. George Furness Smith, M.A. (Oxon.), of 14, Riverdale Road, East Twickenham, Chaplain of Royal Naval School, East Twickenham, and Editorial Secretary of Church Missionary Society (1893–1915), by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Armstrong Hayes, of Edmondstown Park, Rathfarnham, co. Dublin; _b._ Surbiton, co. Surrey, 7 July, 1888; educ. Birkenhead School, Clare College, and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He took his B.A. (2nd Class Classical Tripos) in 1910, with a second Class in the Theological Tripos in the next year; in Dec. 1911 he went to India to serve on the staff of St. John’s College, Agra, where Bishop Durrant subsequently testified to the value of his influence and his teaching ability; on returning to England in 1913 he became a tutor at St. Aidan’s Theological College, Birkenhead, and was to have been ordained Deacon in Sept. 1914, but having been a member of the O.T.C., he volunteered, and enlisted in the Public Schools’ Battn. After a few weeks’ training at Epsom, he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., North Staffordshire Regt., 6 Oct. 1914, left for France 16 March, 1915, and was promoted Lieut. 24 June the same year. He died of wounds received in action close to Ypres, after recovering a trench when in charge of a party of bomb-throwers, 5 July, 1915. The following passage in F.M. Sir John French’s Report, dated 6 July, appears to refer to this: “On the morning of the 5th a party of Germans rushed a barricade on the Ypres-Roulers railway after a two hours’ artillery bombardment, but a prompt attack by our troops immediately recaptured the positions.” Lieut. Smith was buried in the military cemetery, close to Poljitze, about one mile north-east of Ypres; _unm._ Gen. Allenby wrote to Gen. Sir John Keir: “Will you please convey to the officers commanding the North Staffordshire Regt. our appreciation of, and gratitude for, the gallant behaviour of Lieut. Smith of that regt., with his grenadier party who came to the support of the 41st Brigade yesterday morning, and in a counter attack on the Germans who had demolished a barricade and rushed a trench in the left of our line. I would also express our deep sorrow on hearing that this brave officer has died of his wounds, and would offer our sympathy to his regt.” In forwarding this to Gen. Harper, Sir John Keir wrote: “Will you please communicate this to the officer commanding North Staffordshire Regt., and say how well deserved I know this appreciation to be. I hope to see Col. de Falbe personally to express to him my feeling with regard to the good work done by this fine battn. I sympathise in the sad loss they have sustained.”

=SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY=, Mechanician, 292066, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, WILLIAM OLIVER=, Stoker, 1st Class, 307471, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=SMITH, WILLIAM WILTON=, A.B., 235327, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=SMITH, WILLIAM JOSEPH=, Mechanician, 283349, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=BRICE-SMITH, JOHN KENNETH=, 2nd Lieut., 7th (Service) Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., yst. _s._ of the Rev. Brice Brice-Smith, Rector of Hameringham, with Winceby, Horncastle, by his wife, Kate Emily, 3rd dau. of the late John Middleton, of Benton House, Newcastle-On-Tyne; _b._ Hameringham, co. Lincoln, 2 Nov. 1894; educ. Quy Vicarage, Cambridge; Cranleigh School, Surrey, and entered at St. John’s College, Cambridge; after the outbreak of war he was given a commission in the 7th Lincolnshires, 27 Nov. 1914; went to France in July, 1915, and died 11 Sept. following, from wounds received in action the previous day, S.W. of Ypres; _unm._ Buried at Poperinghe. While at Cranleigh he was senior prefect, Colour-Sergt. in the O.T.C., a member of the School Shooting Eight, and captain of both cricket and football teams.

=BROADLEY-SMITH, ALAN FRANCIS=, Major, 5th Battn. Border Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of William Herbert Broadley-Smith, of Ambleside, by his wife, Mary Matilda, dau. of Capt. Arthur Trollope, 36th Foot; _b._ Derby, 24 March, 1876; educ. Repton and Bruges; joined the 5th Border Regt. (T.F.) as a 2nd Lieut., 28 Jan. 1909, and was promoted Lieut. 24 Dec. following; Capt. 8 Aug. 1910, and Major 18 April, 1915; acted as Instructor of Musketry from 1910 to 1915; and was Intelligence Officer and Provost Marshal for the Barrow District; volunteered for Imperial Service on the outbreak of war, and was appointed a General Staff Officer of the 3rd Grade, on the 5 Aug. 1914; went to France, 25 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Hooge, 16 June, 1915, while making a reconnaissance; _unm._ Buried on the outskirts of Zouave Wood, near the Chateau there. Lieut.-Col. J. A. Milburn, Commanding 5th Border Regt. wrote: “Not only was he a great personal friend of mine, but also he was my best officer, and his death has come as a very great shock to me. His company would have followed him to the ends of the earth, and he was loved by both officers and men of the Battn. alike.” He was a fine all-round sportsman, and held the position of amateur huntsman to Mr. Curwen’s (Workington Hall) Foxhounds.

=COMPTON-SMITH, ROGER NOEL=, 2nd Lieut., 6th Battn. Manchester Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of William Compton-Smith, of Tudor Place, Richmond Green, co. Surrey, LL.B., Barrister-at-Law of the inner Temple; _b._ Hampton Court, 16 July, 1894; educ. Horton School, co. Bedford, and Heidelberg College; entered the Manchester House of Tootal Broadhurst Lee Company, Ltd., on leaving school, and in July, 1914, had arranged a tour with the representative of the firm throughout America and Canada, but, war breaking out in the following Aug. he volunteered and was given a commission in the 6th Manchesters, 5 Sept. 1914; left for Egypt a few days later; went to the Dardanelles, 2 May, 1915, and was killed in action there on the 27th. He was at the time warning his men to evacuate the trench they were in, as it had been condemned as dangerous, being enfiladed by the enemy; _unm._ Brig.-Gen. Noel Lee, who was himself shot on 4 June, and died in Malta, wrote on the 25 May: “In his duties since he joined the regt., there are none who have done better and very few as well. His whole heart was in what he undertook and as an officer he was one of the most useful and dependable in a regt. which is noted for efficiency. With the mess he was always popular and more than respected on account of his character. His men of No. 15 Platoon literally worshipped him, as he was not only their officer but their leader, who never spared himself, and their friend upon whom they could always rely for help and assistance in their work. His loss is great indeed.” While spending his school holidays at Brixham, he became a bold and skilful small boat sailor and a strong swimmer, and at Alexandria saved the life of one of his men who, while bathing, had ventured beyond the reef. He was a good all-round athlete, and a keen fisherman.

=DENROCHE-SMITH, ARCHIBALD JOHN=, Lieut., 18th (Queen Mary’s Own) Hussars, elder _s._ of Thomas Denroche-Smith, of Balhary, Meigle, co. Perth, late Judge Bengal Civil Service, by his wife, Florence Elizabeth, dau. of the late Gen. John Bayly, C.B., Col. Commandant, R.E.; _b._ Balhary, aforesaid, 30 Sept. 1890; educ. Evelyns; West Drayton, and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 18th Hussars, 23 Feb. 1910, and promoted Lieut. 10 April, 1912; went to France, 16 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action near Vendresse, during the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914, while leading his troop to the assistance of the 4th Dragoon Guards; _unm._ His Col. wrote: “As a soldier he had a very good chance of rising high in his profession, as he was very fond of his work, and we shall greatly miss him from among our circle, as a friend, as a soldier and as a sportsman. We had great hopes of his success in the polo world,” and his Squadron Major: “I never want to have a better officer in my squadron in time of war or peace. He was the best young officer that had joined us for a long time. I had recommended him for a decoration given by the French Government to our officers. I only hope I may meet death as gallantly as your son did, if it comes my turn.” He was Captain of the 18th Hussars polo team; had jumped at Olympia on several occasions, and won point-to-point races, and also steeplechases.

=LAWSON-SMITH, JOHN=, Lieut., 1st Battn. West Yorkshire Regt., yr. _s._ of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge, Tadcaster, B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, dau. of the late Gen. Sir William Davies; _b._ Colton, co. York, 24 March, 1892; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne; Stubbington (Foster’s); Royal Naval College, Osborne (Cadet, 1902–3); Repton, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. West Yorkshire Regt., 3 Sept. 1913, and promoted Lieut. Oct. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Bois Grenier, 20–21 Oct. following; _unm._ He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915], for gallant and distinguished service in the field. His brother, Lieut. T. E. Lawson-Smith, was killed in action, 30–31 Oct. 1914 (see following notice).

=LAWSON-SMITH, THOMAS EDWARD=, Lieut., 13th, attd. 11th, Hussars, eldest. _s._ of Edward Maule Lawson-Smith, of Colton Lodge, Tadcaster, B.A., J.P., by his wife, Ethel Mary, dau. of the late Gen. Sir William Davies; _b._ Colton, co. York, 14 March, 1889; educ. Warren Hill, Eastbourne, Stubbington (Foster’s), Harrow, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 13th Hussars, 15 Sept. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 6 Dec. 1913; went to France attd. to the 11th Hussars, Oct. 1914, and was killed in action near Messines, 30–31 Oct. following; _unm._ His brother, Lieut. John Lawson-Smith, was killed in action, 20–21 Oct. 1914 (see preceding notice).