Trench diary of Charles Verity

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JUNE 1916

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2 FRI.

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3 SAT.

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4 SUN. Sunday after Ascension.

Jack Smelt

mortally wound

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JUNE 1916

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5 MON.

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5 TUES.

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6 WED.

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Left hand page

JUNE 1916

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2 FRI.

empty entry

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3 SAT.

empty entry

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4 SUN. Sunday after Ascension.

Jack Smelt

mortally wound

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JUNE 1916

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5 MON.

empty entry

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5 TUES.

empty entry

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6 WED.

empty entry

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February 20, 2018 12:19:20 Stella Watkin

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JUNE 1916
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2 FRI.
empty entry

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3 SAT.
empty entry
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4 SUN. Sunday after Ascension.
Jack Smelt
mortally wound
ed

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JUNE 1916
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5 MON.
empty entry

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5 TUES.
empty entry

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6 WED.
empty entry
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2 FRI.
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3 SAT.
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4 SUN. Sunday after Ascension.
Jack Smelt
mortally wound
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Details of Jack (John) Smelt 10/748 East Yorkshire Regiment, Sunday 4 June 1916 entry:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/35634/smelt,-jack/

SMELT
Private
10/748
JACK 
Monday, June 5, 1916 
Age 21
GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
View record
East Yorkshire Regiment
United Kingdom

Private
SMELT, JACK
Service Number 10/748
Died 05/06/1916
Aged 21
10th Bn. 
East Yorkshire Regiment 
Son of William Henry and Eliza Smelt, of 126, College Grove, Southcoates Lane, Hull.
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http://www.ww1hull.org.uk/index.php/component/mtree/SOUTHCOATESLANE/3810-smelt?Itemid=
SMELT 
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & ELIZA SMELT, 26 DENMARK AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. JACK WAS EDUCATED AT COURTNEY STREET SCHOOL AND AT THE AGE OF 12 WON A SIX YEAR SCHOLARSHIP TO HYMERS COLLEGE, WITH A BURSARY OF £60. HE BECAME A STUDENT TEACHER AT MERSEY STREET SCHOOL FOR ONE YEAR. HE THEN PASSED THE OXFORD ENTRY EXAM AND STUDIED FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE ENLISTING. HE ALSO WON HIS COLOURS AT HULL TRAINING COLLEGE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM. HIS FATHER HAD SERVED WITH THE VOLUNTEERS FOR 26 YEARS. JACK JOINED THE 'HULL COMMERCIALS'. HIS PROMISING CAREER ENDED WHEN HE DIED OF WOUNDS. HIS CWGC ADDRESS WAS 126 COLLEGE GROVE, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 17TH JUNE 1916. *

Details of Jack (John) Smelt 10/748 East Yorkshire Regiment, Sunday 4 June 1916 entry:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/35634/smelt,-jack/

SMELT
Private
10/748
JACK 
Monday, June 5, 1916 
Age 21
GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
View record
East Yorkshire Regiment
United Kingdom

Private
SMELT, JACK
Service Number 10/748
Died 05/06/1916
Aged 21
10th Bn. 
East Yorkshire Regiment 
Son of William Henry and Eliza Smelt, of 126, College Grove, Southcoates Lane, Hull.
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http://www.ww1hull.org.uk/index.php/component/mtree/SOUTHCOATESLANE/3810-smelt?Itemid=
SMELT 
BORN HULL 1895. SON OF WILLIAM HENRY & ELIZA SMELT, 26 DENMARK AVENUE, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL. JACK WAS EDUCATED AT COURTNEY STREET SCHOOL AND AT THE AGE OF 12 WON A SIX YEAR SCHOLARSHIP TO HYMERS COLLEGE, WITH A BURSARY OF £60. HE BECAME A STUDENT TEACHER AT MERSEY STREET SCHOOL FOR ONE YEAR. HE THEN PASSED THE OXFORD ENTRY EXAM AND STUDIED FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE ENLISTING. HE ALSO WON HIS COLOURS AT HULL TRAINING COLLEGE AND WAS A MEMBER OF THEIR FOOTBALL TEAM. HIS FATHER HAD SERVED WITH THE VOLUNTEERS FOR 26 YEARS. JACK JOINED THE 'HULL COMMERCIALS'. HIS PROMISING CAREER ENDED WHEN HE DIED OF WOUNDS. HIS CWGC ADDRESS WAS 126 COLLEGE GROVE, HULL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH ON 17TH JUNE 1916. *

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Source: http://europeana1914-1918.eu/...

Contributor: Brian Verity

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

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June 2, 1916 – June 7, 1916

Trench diary of Charles Verity

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www.ww1hull.org.ukStory of Hull in WW1

www.cwgc.orgCommonwealth War Graves Commission - Jack (John) Smelt 10/748

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