Info

SurnameSmythe
ForenameFleming Frederick
Rank2/Lieut.
Army No
Battalion2nd
Commissioned1912-09-04
Date Of WoundsNot set
Wounds
Died Killed1914-09-18
Death DetailsF. & F.
Enlisted DateNot set
Enlisted Location
Date Of BirthNot set
Birth Place
Residence
DischargedNot set
Theatre Of WarFrance
Date Of Entry1914-08-13
Z Class
Surname Spellings
Other InfoDied age 20. Son of Edith F. Wallace (formerly Smythe), of Constantinople, and the late Fleming H. Smythe. Vendresse British Cemetery, Aisne, France - grave Ref: III. C. 3. REGIMENTAL HISTORY SHOWS: "On the following morning (18th September 1914) the Battalion was heavily bombarded. In the three days of occupation shelter-places had been constructed in the trenches—the first 'dugouts' — and a direct hit on one of those flimsy dugouts killed and temporarily buried two officers — Captain M. R. Carr and Lieut. F. F. Smythe."

Assignments

2nd Worcestershire Regiment - Second Lieutenant

Service Awards

The British War Medal
The 1914 Star
The Allied Victory Medal
Clasp to the 1914 Star

Gallantry Awards & Honors

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Foreign Decorations & Awards

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Royal Flying Corps

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