College
Borough Road College
Service number
19368
WW1 rank
Private
Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 9th Battalion
Date of death
8 June 1917
Buried/memorial
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Grave/Memorial reference: Panel 22.)
Biography
Private William Parker Smethurst was the son of Mr and Mrs John Smethurst. He attended Borough Road College for two years, though nothing is known of his time spent at the college. He enlisted into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, and was killed on 8 June 1917 aged 23.
Sources
Entry on p.88 [Roll of Honour page], Commonwealth War Graves Commission