The Fallen of WW1 in the SWFHS Area

A database from the Transcriptions of Memorials, Plaque and Rolls of Honour containing the names of the men and women of the SWFHS area who fell in WW1. By no means complete the database now contains 2128 records following the addition of over 200 men from a number of recently added War Memorials. We have now transcribed all the memorials we have so far photographed and now need to visit the remaining 50 or so memorials to obtain more. In the meantime though we will be creating a new Index with links to new individual pages for each man so far researched.

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Rank:Pte
Number:10698
First:John Corbett
Last:SMITH
Regiment:Royal Warwickshire
Unit:10th Bn
Medals:1915*
Died:Sunday, October 10, 1915
How:DoW
Age:42
Place:France & Flanders
Action Killed:Battle of Loos
War Graves Site:Merville Communal Cemetery
SWFHS Memorial:Bidford on Avon
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Enlisted at:Stratford on Avon
Enlisted Date:18-Jan-15
Where Born:Bidford on Avon
Birth Date:Jan 1873
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Occupation:Gardner
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Place of Abode:Bidford on Avon
Street:Tower Hill
Father:Thomas Vardy
Mother:Sophia
Parents Abode:Bidford on Avon
Circumstances of Death: On 9 Oct John and two others suffered gun shot wounds on an otherwise quiet day, so all were most likely shot by snipers. John was shot in the head. The war diary says he died in the ambulance but CWGC records say he died the next day in the 54th Casualty Clearing Station
Place of Death:No 54 (1st/2nd London) CCS, Merville
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