PRIVATE H. SMITH, 2ND BATTALION ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT. British War & Victory Medals (both o

PRIVATE H. SMITH, 2ND BATTALION ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT. British War & Victory Medals (both officially impressed: 11189 PTE. H. SMITH. R. IR. REGT). Extremely Fine.

Group accompanied by copied Medal Index card, WW1 medal rolls and Soldiers Died details.

Harry Smith was born in Bromley, Kent and saw service during WW1 exclusively with the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment. He first saw active service in France, entering that theatre of operations on 23/6/1915 and was killed in action on the first day of the battle of Guillemont, 3/9/1916. The 2nd Royal Irish Regiment sustained a large number of casualties at Guillemont, with 160 officers and men killed, wounded and missing. The battle of Guillemont was one of the most spectacular victories achieved by the British army on the Western Front during WW1. Soldiers Died entry confirm that Harry Smith had been a pre-war regular soldier who saw service with a cavalry (Hussars) regiment, probably 15th Hussars.

Private Smith was also entitled to a 1914-15 Star.