Charles Henry Smitherman

1912 - 1943  (31 years)

• Name	Charles Henry Smitherman
  Birth	1912	Wolverley, Worcestershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	19 Jun 1921	Cookley, Worcestershire, England   [2]
  	Address: 82 Castle Road
  Death	3 Nov 1943	Dacca, Bengal, India   [3, 4, 5]
  	Source: Gro War Death R.A.F. All Ranks (1939 To 1948) Archive reference: RAFA Volume: 13 War: Second World War, 1939-1945 Name: Charles H Smitherman Sex: Male Death year: 1943 Service number: 1116761 Rank: Leading Aircraftman Unit or regiment: 10 WOU Type: Armed Forces Page: 315 Records year range: 1943 Line number: 125 Source: GRO Army Death Indices (1881 To 1955) Archive reference: DARM Name: Charles H Smitherman Sex: Male Death year: 1944 Birth year: 1913 Type: Armed Forces Country: India Place: Dacca Page: 105 Age: 31 Birth date: ? ? 1913 Records year range: 1944 Line number: 103
  Burial	Comilla, Bengal, India   [5]
  	SMITHERMAN, CHARLES HENRY Rank: Leading Aircraftman Service No: 1116761 Date of Death: 03/11/1943 Age: 31 Regiment/Service: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Grave Reference: 9. B. 6. Cemetery: MAYNAMATI WAR CEMETERY Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Sarah Eliza Smitherman; husband of Jessie Smitherman.
  Person ID	I9747	Gilbert
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2022

  
  

  Family	Jessie Purcell,   b. 25 Apr 1915, Wellington, Shropshire, England d. 15 Mar 1993, Coventry, Warwickshire, England (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	1936	Wellington, Shropshire, England   [6]
  Children	+ 1. K.A. Smitherman
  Family ID	F6697	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Jul 2020

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 1912 - Wolverley, Worcestershire, England Residence - Address: 82 Castle Road - 19 Jun 1921 - Cookley, Worcestershire, England Marriage - 1936 - Wellington, Shropshire, England Death - 3 Nov 1943 - Dacca, Bengal, India Burial - - Comilla, Bengal, India  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S129] General Register Office (England and Wales), GRO Online Index (Births) - England and Wales, Smitherman, Charles Henry; Mother's Maiden Surname: Bradbury; GRO Reference: 1912 M Quarter in KIDDERMINSTER Volume 06C Page 427 (accessed 2 Nov 2018). [S9] 1921 Census (FindMyPast) England and Wales, (The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey), Smitherman, Charles Henry; Birth year: 1912; Birth place: Worcestershire, England; Reg dist: Kidderminster; Parish: Wolverley; County: Worcestershire; Ref: RG15 PN13570 RD374 RS2 ED4, 5 SN13 (accessed 24 Dec 2022). [S137] British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths And Burials (FindMyPast), Smitherman, Charles H; 1943; Archive reference: RAFA; Source: Gro War Death R.A.F. All Ranks (1939 To 1948) (accessed 25 Oct 2018). [S137] British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths And Burials (FindMyPast), Smitherman, Charles H; 1944; Place: Dacca; Country: India; Archive reference: DARM; Source: Gro Army Death Indices (1881 To 1955) (accessed 25 Oct 2018). [S38] Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC), Smitherman, Charles Henry; Country: Bangladesh; Cemetery or memorial: Maynamati War Cemetery; Service number: 1116761; Regiment: Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve; Second World War (accessed 21 Aug 2018). [S262] General Register Office (England and Wales), UK BMD (FindMyPast) Marriage index, Smitherman, Charles H - Purcell, Jessie; 1936; Wellington (Shropshire), Shropshire; D Quarter; Volume: 6A; Page: 1807 (accessed 3 Mar 2019).