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Lionel Dancer Smith

In memory of:

Private Lionel Dancer Smith

September 30, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

147946

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Saskatchewan Regiment)

Division:

5th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

November 16, 1895
Queens County, Ireland

Enlistment:

July 29, 1915
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of John Sandes Smith, of 21, Fonthill Rd., Hove, Brighton, England, and Annie Eleanor Smith. Previously wounded in Sept., 1916 on the Somme. Native of Mountmellick, Queen's Co., Ireland.

Commemorated on Page 503 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CAGNICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. C. 1.

Location:

Cagnicourt is a village 18 kilometres south-east of Arras. The CAGNICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY lies on the D.13, 2 kilometres south of the main Arras-Cambrai road ((D.939) and is near the Communal Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of Lionel Smith– From the book "Letters From The Front 1914-1919" published by The Canadian Bank of Commerce.
  • Photo of LIONEL DANCER SMITH– In memory of the employees from the Canadian Bank Of Commerce (CIBC) who went to war and did not return. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Grave marker

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