Bombardier William Pearce Smith
82nd Battery, Royal Field Artillery
5/05/1918
Eldest son of Mr & Mrs W Smith of 26 Aquila Road,
St Helier, Jersey.
One of two brothers who both fell.
Died, aged 25 years.
NEWS ITEM in Jersey
Evening Post of Monday 7 July 1919
Local Family's Double Bereavement. A few
days ago we stated that Mr & Mrs W Smith of 26 Aquila
Road had received the distressing news that one of their
sons who had been missing for some months was presumed
to have been killed and we now regret to chronicle the
sad information that their eldest son, Bombardier William
P Smith of the Royal Field Artillery who was taken prisoner
after the gallant defence at Kut al Amara, is presumed
to have died whilst in the hands of the Turks from 1
August 1916 to May 1918. The deceased, who was a most
efficient and gallant soldier, was in his 25th year
and highly popular with all ranks. We tender the bereaved
family our sincere condolences in their sorrow.