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VC567 James Alexander Smith
BORN 5 January 1881
DIED 21 May 1968 AGE 87
VC Won 21 December 1914 AGE 33
Place VC Won Rouges Bancs, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name James Alexander Smith No. 6423
VC Issue No. 567 Awards VC
Regiment Border Regiment, 3rd Battalion attached to 2nd Battalion
Later Kings Own Royal Border Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won Private
Rank End Of Career Private
Place Of Birth Wokington, Cumbria, England
Place Of Death At his home, 73 Thorntree Avenue, Brambles Farm, Middlesbrough, Teeside, Cleveland, England
Buried/Location Ashes Acklam Crematorium, Middlesbrough, Teeside, Cleveland, England
Cremated Acklam Crematorium, Middlesbrough, Teeside, Cleveland, England
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. 'May' Section, Garden of Remembrance
Gazetted 18 February 1915
VC Presented 22 April 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on Regimental Victoria Cross Memorial, Carlisle Cathedral, Carlisle, Cumbria
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Town Hall, Middlesborough, Nth Yorkshire
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Railway Station, Workington, Cumbria
By The Way…
He enlisted under his mother's maiden name of Glenn, but was gazetted as James Smith
VC Held By
Border Regiment Museum, Queen Mary's Tower, The Castle, Carlisle, Cumbria, England
