Biographical Data
Smythe, James Alfred Photo Credit: Vivien Warne

 

Title	Leading Seaman (RNCVR)
Official Number	VR-3822

 

Birth	30/06/1895	Death	03/05/1919
Place	(nk)	Place	Plymouth
Area	(nk)	Area
Country	(nk)	Country	UK

 

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Biography
He was a rancher at the time of his recruitment into the navy. He was the brother of Able-Seaman Austin Smythe RNCVR and Able-Seaman Gordon Smythe RNCVR.

 

Military Service
He was appointed as an Able-Seaman RNCVR. He was appointed as a Leading Seaman RNCVR. (He was demobilized).

 

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Anecdotes
Vivien Warne states "I volunteer at Ford Park Cemetery (formerly known as Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse Cemetery) in Plymouth Devon UK. Leading Seaman James Alfred Smythe died of diptheria at the Royal Naval Hospital in East Stonehouse Plymouth May 3rd, 1919. He is buried at Ford Park; grave reference GK 46 26 - this is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained grave."

 

References
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/royal-canadian-navy-1910-1941-ledger-sheets/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=13893&; Email (Vivien Warne - Nauticapedia 25/11/2019);
Last update
2019-11-26 00:00:00

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