J. R. A. Smith

JOSEPH ROBERT GREENWOOD SMITH, Private 48747, West Yorkshire Regiment

Born 23 Nov 1897 Saxton

Baptised  4th Dec 1897 Saxton

Died: 25TH APRIL 1918 remembered Tyne Cot Memorial

1911 Census, age 13, Cow boy on farm run by Frank Thirkill

1901 Census, age 3, Saxton

Father: Charles Greenwood Smith (1856-1927)

Mother: Mary Elizabeth Birdsall (1861)

Grandparents: Joseph Greenwood  (1814-1900) & Sarah Middleton (b. 1826)