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Shoeing Smith George Henry Mills
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Shoeing Smith George Henry Mills
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Shoeing Smith George Henry Mills
"Died" (Accidental Injuries.)
Whilst attending a baseball game North West of Marceuil, on the afternoon of 7th June, 1918, he was hit above the heart by a bullet fired from some unknown source. He was attended to by a medical officer but expired about five minutes later. A party of Lewis gunners were practicing at an adjacent range at the time. Court of Inquiry convened to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death is of the opinion that he was accidentally killed by a bullet, and that there is some connection between the firing at the range and the fatal accident, which occurred to Shoeing Smith Mills.
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"Died" (Accidental Injuries.) Whilst attending a baseball game North West of Marceuil, on the afternoon of 7th June, 1918, he was hit above the heart by a bullet fired from some unknown source. He was attended to by a medical officer but expired about five minutes later. A party of Lewis gunners were practicing at an adjacent range at the time. Court of Inquiry convened to investigate the circumstances surrounding his death is of the opinion that he was accidentally killed by a bullet, and that there is some connection between the firing at the range and the fatal accident, which occurred to Shoeing Smith Mills.
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Commemorated on:
Page 471 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ANZIN-ST AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
The village of Anzin-St Aubin is on the north-western outskirts of Arras and the ANZIN-ST AUBIN BRITISH CEMETERY is on the northern side of the village.
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