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Claude Bostock Smith |
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Lieutenant Claude Bostock Smith - Regiment: Royal Engineers.Killed at Ypres on 5th October 1918. Buried at Potijze north east of the town.
In 1901 the Bostock-Smith family lived at 3 Hillside Road, Cotham, Bristol. They were
| Name | Relation | Age | Occupation | Where born |
| Anna E. Smith | Head | 53 | Bristol, Glos. | |
| Charles H. Bostock-Smith | Son | 26 | Merchant Clerk | Bristol, Glos. |
| Eshel L. Bostock-Smith | Dau | 25 | Bristol, Glos. | |
| Stanley Bostock-Smith | Son | 24 | Merchant Clerk | Bristol, Glos. |
| Maud Bostock-Smith | Dau | 22 | Bristol, Glos. | |
| Stuart Bostock-Smith | Son | 21 | Brokers Clerk | Bristol, Glos. |
| Claude Bostock-Smith | Son | 10 | Bristol, Glos. | |
| Maria L. Holt | Sister | 55 | Bristol, Glos. | |
| Elizabeth Derrick | Serv | 35 | Parlourmain | Bristol, Somerset. |
| Elizabeth Jelly | Serv | 28 | Cook | Tiverton, Devon |
Above 3 Hillside Road, Cotham, Bristol.
Above 1901 map of 3 Hillside Road, Cotham, Bristol. Near the top of Cotham Hill and Hampton Road.
Above Claude Bostock-Smiths signature from the menu of the dinner held to celebrate Gloucestershire becoming County Champions on March 1st 1913 when they beat Cumberland 14-3 at Carlisle. The dinner was held at the Bell Hotel in Gloucester on April 3rd 1913. Unfortunateley no Clifton playeres played for Gloucestershire in this season.
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| Back row: Press, G Warr, H Hosegood, Watts, Shelton, Matthews, ?, TCB Davies, Wilson, Clough, ?, Seymour Bell, Morris.
3rd Row: ?, Vipan, Rawlins, MacMurtree, Gibbs, Vowles, Holbrow, Williams, Long, Bennett, Haskins, Hunter, Knee 2nd Row: MO, Charlie Chaplin, Warr, Owen Davies, Heaven, Langley, Seymour Williams (the CO), C Hosegood, Cecil Wills, Whitwill, Fitzgerald, Harry Savory. Front Row: Claude Bostock Smith, Corbett Slee, Rogers, Braisher, ?, Mitchell Clark, ?, Barrett, Edwards, Stratton Davies, S Jones |
Above photograph belonging to Clifton player Harry Savory and annotated 'SMRE Officers 2nd & 3rd lines Nov 1915 Witham House'. There are 6 more Clifton RFC names in this picture H.Hosegood, Seymour Bell, C.Hosegood, Harry Savory, Corbett Slee, Cecil Wills (his full name was Hugh Cecil Wills)
Above a close-up of Claude Bostock-Smith from the South Midlands Royal Engineers photograph.
Son of Samuel Bostock and Anna Elizabeth Smith, of Bristol.