Current Information:

Age-29

48, Bessborough Place, Pimlico

Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt

On 25 April, British, Australian and New Zealand forces landed on the Gallipoli peninsula. The plan was that these forces would soon defeat a demoralised Turkish army, knock Turkey out of the war, open up the Mediterranean to the Russian navy and threaten Austro-Hungary from the south. None of these things were achieved despite nine months of hard fighting in terrible conditions. It was a heroic failure.

Harold Smith died from wounds on 12th August, 1915, after having been sent to a base hospital in Egypt, but as yet there is no information as to when and where he was wounded. The 4th Worcestershire battalion was part of 88 Brigade, 29th Division, that had landed at Helles in April, 1915 and had beeen fighting on the Helles front since that date.