Tracing Your Roots To Gallipoli
Remembering some of the Bolton men who lost their lives in the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915
Joseph Smith
Bolton Journal and Guardian 4 June 1915 Another Dardanelles Hero Bolton and district men have been in the thick of the fighting in the Dardanelles, and the casualty roll is exceptionally heavy. Every day brings news of more local soldiers being killed or wounded in the terrible conflicts with the Turks in the Gallipoli Peninsula. The latest hero to lose his life is Pte. J. Smith, Po. S. 714 Royal Marine Light Infantry. He was serving with the Portsmouth Battalion in the Royal Naval Division. In peace times he lived at 1, Percival-st. Joseph was the son of William James Smith b.1858, a cooper, and Emily Smith née Palin b.1865. Joseph first appeared on the 1891 Census living at 11 Fairfield Street, Bolton with his parents and brother James Blundell b.1889. By 1901 Joseph's father was living apart from Emily at 2 Fleet Street, Bolton with his unmarried housekeeper Mary Wood and her daughter Jane b.1900. In 1901 Joseph was living at 1 Richmond Place, Bolton with his mother and brothers James Blundell, George Sydney Herbert b.1892 and William James b.1900. His mother Emily was working as a charwoman. Joseph's father was was still absent from the family home on the 1911 Census. Joseph (listed as Joe) was living with his mother and brothers at 1 Percival Street, Bolton and was employed as a side piecer in a cotton mill.
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