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Leicestershire Regiment

 

Compiled with the help of the Commonwealth War Graves and Martin Stiles

 

This Page is Dedicated To

62076

Captain

Smith, James Ford

 

Leicestershire Regiment

5th Battalion

Associate Regiment and Unit:-

Unknown

 

 

Died

Age:

31

Date of Death:

1940/04/23

Cause of Death:

The 148th Infantry Brigade advancing through the Gudbrandsdal to support the Norwegian forces at Lillehammer in April 1940, were forced back in this region by the Germans who had entered it from the south

Place of Death:

Norway

 

Loved Ones

Son of James Ford Smith, M.A., and Katherine Louise Smith, of Leicester; husband of W. Deborah Ford Smith, of Leicester. Exhibitioner of Lincoln College, Oxford. His brother Alan Ford Smith also died on service.

 

Memorial

I. A. 4.

LILLEHAMMER NORTHERN CIVIL CEMETERY

From the main E6 route exit on to the 213 at Lillehammer

Norway

 

 

 

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