Biography of Private Ernest Smith (25187)
10th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment)
Died 20th September 1917
Soldier
- Name: Ernest Smith
- Date of birth: 1886
- Place of Birth: Gosberton Clough, Lincolnshire, England
- Date of Birth Registration: July – September 1886
- Place of Birth Registration: Spalding, Lincolnshire, England
Father
- Name: John Thomas Smith
- DOB: 1851
- Place of Birth: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
- Occupation: Farmer
Mother
- Name: Ellen Barsley Baxter
- DOB: 1857
- Place Of Birth: Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England
- Marriage: 1877 Spalding District
Siblings: (Name), (DOB), (POB)
- Joseph H Smith, 1879, Pinchbeck
- John R Smith, 1881, Pinchbeck
- Edward Smith, 1882, Pinchbeck
- Mary A Smith, 1884, Pinchbeck
- Charles Smith, 1885, Pinchbeck
- Ernest Smith, 1886, Gosberton Clough
- Henry Smith, 1888, Pinchbeck
- Plus 3 more whose names are unknown taken from the 1911 census
Census
- 1891: Ernest is living with his parents at Beck Bank, Gosberton, Lincolnshire.
- 1901: Ernest is living with his parents at Northgate, Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire.
- 1911: Ernest is living with his wife in her parents house at Mill Green Farm, West Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire. The census gives him an age of 24 and he is listed as a Farmer’s son, working on farm.
Relatives in services
- None found
Wife
- Name: marian Ada Smith
- Date of birth: 1886
- Place of Birth: Pinchbeck
Marriage
- Date of Marriage: 12th November 1910
- Place of Marriage: Pinchbeck, Lincolnshire, England
Children
- Trevor John Smith, 1911, Pinchbeck
Wife’s parents
- Father: Joshua Smith
- Mother: Martha Paniston
Newspaper Mentions
- None found
Military Records
Attestation Papers
- Available
Soldier’s Died In The Great War
- These records show that Private Ernest Smith, 25187, 10th Bn Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment was killed in action on 20th September 1917 in the Western European Theatre in France and Flanders.
Pension Records
- None found
Effects Left To
- Wife Marian A
Medals
- The British Medal
The Victory Medal
Memorials
- UK:
- Bourne, Bourne War Memorial in the Memorial Gardens
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
- In memory of Private Ernest Smith, 25187, 10th Bn., Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) who died on 20 September 1917
- Husband of Mrs. E. Plowright (formerly Smith), of Walkerton, Ontario, Canada.
- Remembered with honour, Tyne Cot Memorial

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials

© Picture taken by South Lincolnshire War Memorials
Military Service Timeline
- Enlisted in Bourne 10th December 1915
- This is ongoing research and will be posted when completed
Sources
- WW1 Soldier’s Records (www.ancestry.co.uk)
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission