yorkshire regiment

[debbie1]

Can anyone tell me where the Yorkshire regiment served in ww1? Im looking for info on Pte John.W.Smith 26173 7th battalion Yorkshire Regiment and i cant find any trace of him apart from the Roll of Honour deaths in 1920.He is listed as casulty type- Commonwealth war dead.
Any help much appreciated.
Debbie.

[neil1821]

His CWGC entry:
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=408525

Based on the cemetery where he's buried, he was serving at the aerodrome at the time.
Neil

[debbie1]

Thanks for replying.What was the aerodrome?

[neil1821]

I was simply going by what is says on that entry. Click on the name of the cemetery and it'll bring up more details.

[debbie1]

Also i cant find a Mic for him or any details.Do you know why he would be listed as war dead when he died after the war in 1920?
Debbie.

[neil1821]

As he has a very common name, try searching the MICs using the surname Smith plus his service number 26173 in the box where is says Other Keywords.

He is there!

Neil

[debbie1]

Have you found him already???

[debbie1]

Ive downloaded his mic can you help decipher it for me please?

[neil1821]

Ok, let's see what this tell us.......

He had the War Medal & Victory Medal. So he didn't serve abroad in a theatre of war till 1916 at the earliest, otherwise he would have also had the 1914-15 Star.
Below that it also says he's on the SWB list. This is the Silver War Badge (Silver Wound Badge if you prefer). This means he was wounded at some point and invalided home. You may like to look him up in this list at some point, but it's not online unfortunately. Means a visit to Kew. This would give you his enlistment date and discharge date (but not where he was wounded).
And I think this is about all from the MIC.

Neil