Date of Birth
1919
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
School Teacher
Service number
262414
WW2 rank
Lieutenant
542 Bty, 1Mountain Regt., Royal Artillery
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
25 April, 1945
Location of death
Holland
Buried/memorial
Hanover War Cemetery
Biography
Lieutenant Harry Clapham Smith attended Borough Road College from 1937 to 1939. He was a school Teacher in Monmouthshire before joining the Royal Artillery. After being injured in Holland Lieutenant Smith crossed the Rhine with his Regiment. Unfortunately, Lieutenant Smith died in Holland just five months before the end of the war. He is buried at Hanover War Cemetery.
Sources
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
letter from parents, BRC Archives
Borough Road College 1937 Registry