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David Cicero Smith

In memory of:

Private David Cicero Smith

August 19, 1918

Military Service


Service Number:

739464

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)

Division:

29th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

November 15, 1890

Uncle of Pilot Officer Roy Stanley Smith, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Commemorated on Page 502 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

VIII. BB. 3.

Location:

Villers-Bretonneux is a village 16 kilometres east of Amiens on the straight main road to St Quentin. The Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery is about 2 kilometres north of the village on the east side of the road to Fouilloy.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Biography– David Cicero Smith (born Dunnville 15 Nov. 1890) was killed in action on the 19th of Aug. 1918 and his nephew Pilot Officer Roy Smith was killed in action on the 13 of May 1944. Pictured here are his brother Blake B Smith DCM and nephew Roy.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram August 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping

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