Corporal Edwin Smith
3806 11th Lancashire Fusiliers "D" Coy
Missing in Action 25th March 1918, aged 32
Taken Prisoner of War
Lived at 52 Croft Street
Buried in Bancourt British Cemetery, France III.A.3
Commemorated on the Pickup Croft Roll of Honour
Burnley Express 15th February 1919 - 29th March 1919

A YEAR AGO

Corpl. Edwin Smith (32) 3806, 11th Lancashire Fusiliers, is now presumed to have died as a prisoner of war in Germany about March 25th last year. The deceased soldier was called up as a Reservist on the outbreak of war. Previously he had worked as a collier at Clifton Pit. Twice he was wounded during the war (once in the head) and he was also gassed. His mother, who lives at 52 Croft-street, Burnley, has another son who lives in Australia
(Burnley Express 29th March 1919)