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Name: | Arthur Guy Smith |
Sex: | Male |
Father: | Charles Valentine Smith (1854-1932) |
Mother: | Josefa Frances Butler (1858-1930) |
Birth | 10 Jul 1891 | Poona, Bombay, India |
Baptism | 29 Aug 1891 (age 0) | Poona, Bombay, India |
Census | 1901 (age 9-10) | Living with parents |
Death | 1 Nov 1914 (age 23) | Killed in action, Battle of Coronel |
SMITH, Lieut. Arthur Guy RN, HMS Good Hope. Killed in action at Battle of Coronel, 1 Nov 1914, age 23. Son of Capt. C V Smith CBE RN and Josefa Francis Smith of 17 Woodfield Road, Ealing, London. Born at Poona, India.
Commonwealth War Graves, Memorial Register
SMITH, ARTHUR GUY, Lieut.., R.N., 2nd s. of Capt. Charles Valentine Smith, R.N., of the Hydrographic Department, Admiralty, and 17, Woodfield Road, Ealing, W., by his wife, Josefa Francis, daughter of the Hon. Robert Butler, Receiver General of the Bahamas; b. Poona, India, 10 July, 1891; educ. Alperton Hall, Wembley, and the Osborne and Dartmouth Royal Naval Colleges; entered the Navy, 5 May, 1904; became Midshipman 15 July, 1909; Sub. Lieut. 15 July, 1912 ; and Lieut. 15 July 1914; was mainly employed in the surveying service at Home and in the West Indies in H.M. ships Research and Mutine; joined H.M.S. Good Hope in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in the battle off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914 ; unmarried.
De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour
SMITH Arthur Guy of 33 Broughton Road Ealing Middlesex died 1 November 1914 in action in the Pacific. Administration London 4 March 1915 to Charles Valentine Smith commander R.N. Effects £125 8s.