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Herbert Hamilton Haig-Smellie

In memory of:

Second Lieutenant Herbert Hamilton Haig-Smellie

April 26, 1917

Military Service


Service Number:

77339

Age:

19

Force:

Army

Unit:

Norfolk Regiment

Division:

7th Bn.

Citation(s):

1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Additional Information


Born:

April 2, 1898
London, England

Enlistment:

March 9, 1914
Victoria, British Columbia

Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Haig-Smellie, of Procter, British Columbia. Sub Lieutenant Haig-Smellie is commemorated in the Procter War Memorial, Procter, British Columbia.

Commemorated on Page 577 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

II. M. 9.

Location:

Duisans and Etrun are villages in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, about 9 kilometres west of Arras. The DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY lies in Etrun but takes its name from the nearer village of Duisans. It is one kilometre north of Duisans on the D339 road off the Route nationale N39 (Arras-St Pol), in the angle of the Arras Habarcq road and a track leading to Haute-Avesnes.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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