Lieutenant Cecil Smeathman

1st Leicestershire Regiment

Died of Wounds 24th October 1914

Son of Lovel and Frances Ann Smeathman, of South Hill, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. His brother, Lieut. J.M. Smeathman (R.E.) also died the same day.

Bailleul Communal Cemetery, Nord, C. 7.

A window in St Mary's, Hemel Hempstead, is dedicated to Cecil and his brother Julian.  Gazette coverage of their deaths is available here.

Window at St Mary's, Hemel Hempstead.  The inscription reads:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF LIEUT: JULIAN MISSENDEN SMEATHMAN, ROYAL ENGINEERS, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT YPRES 24TH OCTOBER 1914, AGED 26 YEARS; AND LIEUT: CECIL SMEATHMAN, B.A., 1ST LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT, WHO DIED AT BAILLEUL OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION, AGED 25 YEARS. “Lovely and pleasant in their lives and in their death they were not divided.”

(Photos: Richard Grayson, 2nd March 2014.)