Smith,+Tom

Private, 1st Bn. South Staffordshire Regiment. Service No: 32228. Age: 29. Date of Death: 4th October 1917. Husband of Mary Ellen Smith, of High Whin Knowle, Braithwaite, Keighley; son of David Wallace Smith, of 37, Bingley St., Keighley. TYNE COT MEMORIAL, Panel 90 to 92 and 162 to 162A.
 * Tom Smith**


 * There are three entries in the Keighley News for Tom Smith of Whin Knowle, Keighley:

25th November 1917:** (very poor quality picture) Private Tom Smith of South Staffordshire Regiment, posted wounded and missing. Before enlisting in the Royal Engineers in 1916, he was employed by the Keighley Corporation Gas Department as a meter inspector.

Mrs Smith of High Whin Knowle will be pleased to receive news concerning her husband Private Tom Smith of South Staffordshire Regiment who has been missing since October 1917.
 * 2nd March 1918:**

Private Tom Smith, South Staffordshire Regiment, who's wife lives at High Whin Knowle, Braithwaite, is presumed killed after being missing since October 1917. He was previously employed by the Keighley Corporation Gas Department as a meter inspector.
 * 14th September 1918:** (very poor quality picture)

Mary Ellen Smith waited almost a year for news of her missing husband. He never returned home.

Treasured Memories of Tom Smith, reported missing in the Great War. Also Mary Ellen Smith who passed away Feb 16th 1942 aged 56 years. Also Betsy Hall, mother of the above, who passed away Aug 16th 1942 aged 84 years. "The labours of a well spent life end in a great reward."
 * Family grave inscription in Utley Cemetery:**