There is an index card for Joseph Henry Smith in The Flintshire Roll of Honour in the County Record Office in Hawarden. The address given is Wood Cottage, Bettisfield. The regimental details are as at the left of this page. The card says he was killed in action in France on 11th June 1915. The card like all the Beettisfield cards had been completed by the Vicar F Barry Roberts. He signed it on 14th October 1919.

UK Soldiers who Died in The Great War 1914 -19 accessible on www.ancestry.co.uk says Joseph Henry Smith was born in ‘Wemsmorwood’  Salop (Not sure if there is such a place. A mistake?). It says he resided in Whitchurch and enlisted in Llanelly Camarthenshire. This source says he was killed in action in France/Flanders on the 11th June 1915. The regiment and number are confirmed as above.

There is a medal index card, also on Ancestry which lists his three medals and tells us that his first Theatre of war was France and he entered it on the 17th February 1915. This also says he was killed in action on the 11th June 1915.

The Register of Effects in which the army calculated what moneys were owed to deceased soldiers, says that £8..11s..8d was paid to his sole legatee -his father, Thomas.

Identifying this soldier in census returns has proved to be difficult. The name Smith is problematic. There are some possibilities but nothing certain. Any help would be appreciated.