J. Barry (on the right), Lt. Ian Smith (2nd from right), CSM Sam Brodison (3rd), and LCpl. Ellis Howells (4th).
Date: 07/04/2011
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PC George Smith and his wife
Private George Smith was killed in action during an operation against German forces in the wadis near the Anzio beachhead, Italy, and has no known grave. Son of George Henry and Alice Smith; husband of Elsie Smith, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
George Alfred Smith was a Police Constable in Middlesborough who volunteered for the Commandos in 1942 and was part of a Police Intake to the Commando Depot (Commando Basic Training Centre) at Achnacarry. His name is on a plaque located in the Memorial Garden at North Yorkshire Police and Fire HQ, Alverton Court, Crosby Road, Northallerton.
In Memory of 14241717 Private George Alfred Smith
Black Watch and No.9 Commando
who died on 19 March 1944 in Italy aged 26.
Remembered with honour at the Cassino Memorial.
