Lieutenant
William Thorpe Smyth
Smyth was born circa 1896/97 to William Smyth and Margretta Smyth.
Based on Smyth serving in France from mid-1916 it has not been possible to verify the Irish censi details.
Smyth may have joined the Belfast Banking Company around 1915 and is recorded as working in Head Office and Newry branch. His father and mother signed the Bankers Guarantee with their addresses being recorded as Curragh, Dungall, Ballymena; The Vow, Ballymoney and Cambrai, Newhill Road, Ballymoney.
Belfast Bank - Bankers Guarantee ledger sheet
Belfast Bank, Newry branch
Smyth volunteered and enlisted into the Connaught Rangers before transferring to the 7th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
The Ballymena Weekly Telegraph of 27th November 1915 reports that William Thorpe Smyth, son of
Wm Smyth, The Curragh, Ballymena has been commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the Connaught Rangers.
His first theatre of war is recorded as France from July 1916. He later attained the rank of Lieutenant.
W T Smyth - Medal Index Card
The Belfast Banking Company 'Roll of Honour' booklet records Smyth as having been 'previously wounded'.
On 20th February 1918, William Thorpe Smyth (full age, soldier) married Mary Edith Livingstone at Dundalk Presbyterian Church.
Smyth was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Following his demobilisation after the Great War, Smyth returned to work eventually ending up in Accountants Department with retirement coming in 1942.
Wm T Smyth died on 21st February 1963. His address at that time was 19 Ashley Gardens, Belfast. His estate, sealed in London was £79 3s 4d and left to his widow, Mary Edith Smyth. His estate, sealed in Belfast was £2,061 16s and left to his widow, Mary Edith Smyth.
The couples son, Benjamin served in the RAF VR during the Second World War:
SMYTH, Flying Officer (Pilot), BENJAMIN THORPE, 170709. 113 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 29th March 1945. Son of William Thorpe Smyth and Mary Edith Smyth, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. 28. G. 19. [Taukkyan War Cemetery].
On 20th February 1918, William Thorpe Smyth (full age, soldier) married Mary Edith Livingstone at Dundalk Presbyterian Church.
Smyth was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Following his demobilisation after the Great War, Smyth returned to work eventually ending up in Accountants Department with retirement coming in 1942.
Wm T Smyth died on 21st February 1963. His address at that time was 19 Ashley Gardens, Belfast. His estate, sealed in London was £79 3s 4d and left to his widow, Mary Edith Smyth. His estate, sealed in Belfast was £2,061 16s and left to his widow, Mary Edith Smyth.
The couples son, Benjamin served in the RAF VR during the Second World War:
SMYTH, Flying Officer (Pilot), BENJAMIN THORPE, 170709. 113 Sqdn. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. 29th March 1945. Son of William Thorpe Smyth and Mary Edith Smyth, of Belfast, Northern Ireland. 28. G. 19. [Taukkyan War Cemetery].
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