Private George Lionel SMITH. No. 91053
17th Sherwood Foresters. Killed in action at Polygon Wood, France 27 September 1917 aged 24.
Husband of Harriet Smith, of Church Lane, Ellastone, Ashbourne, Derbyshire.
At rest in Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.
Chauffeur of William John Govey.
Private Smith is commemorated on the memorial of William John Govey in St Peter’s Churchyard, Ellastone, Staffordshire. (See 2nd photograph)
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