Sidney George SMITH [1883-1944]

Death 20th July 1944

Captain Sidney George Smith M.B.E., D.C.M., Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps, died 20th July 1944, commerorated at Stanley Military Cemetery 1.A. 27. Age 61 years (birth c.1883) but buried at Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong

Birth: Gillingham, Kent, England, UK 21st June 1883

Source: UK British Army List year 1922 Rank: Superintending Clerk Royal Engineers 

Baptised: New Brompton, Kent, England, UK 15th July 1883

1891 Britrish Census: Address Brompton, St Mary Magdalene (Gilingham), Kent, England 7 year old scholar, son to Anna Green

1901: Single, Lance Corporal Royal Engineers D Company Alberts Army Record 

Married: Annie Florence Wilson, Christ Church, Belfast, Ireland 1904

Ireland Census 1911: Address 13 Lorne Terrace, Usher's Quay, Dublin, Ireland; married, aged 27 years, husband to Annie Smith (aged 27 years), married circa 1905, can read and write, Sergeant Royal Engineers, religion: Church of England

16th August 1914-21st May 1919 B.E.F. France

Rank: W.O.1 Royal Engineers; Regiement Number 990. Awarded: MBE DCM British War Medal, 1914 Star Victory Medal and LS and GC Medal

Awarded Silver Medal for distinguished conduct in the field 24th June 1916 BEF France London Gazette

Source: UK WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920

Discharged from Army 28th March 1933, living at 13 Ho Tung Mansions , Hankow Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong employed with Messrs Ruttonjee, Queen's Road, HK 

POW Japnanese Index Card: This states his birthday as 10th June 1883; Father's name as Sydney and Mother's name as Georgina and destination of report: Mrs A.F. Smith, Fung Fai Terrace, Village Road, Hong Kong and his rank as Captain of H.K.V.D.C.. Also scribbled in is 'Pyloric Ulcer'