Seaman Dick Smith
Royal Naval Patrol Service, HM Trawler Kingscourt, LT/JX 180426
Died by Luftwaffe bombing
Date of Birth: 13th of September 1920
Place of Birth: Teignmouth, Devon
Date of Death: 2nd of July 1942
Buried: Teignmouth Old Cemetery, plot KK103
Awarded the 1939-45 Star, and the War Medal 1939-1945
Son of Richard Stephen Smith and Edith Maud Ellen Smith nee Hill of Teignmouth, Devon.
In the 1939 register, the Smith family were living at 2, Gloucester Road, Teignmouth, Devon. Father, Richard Stephen Smith, born on the 21st of October 1890, a Railway Fixer Gwr Heavy Worker, mother, Edith Maud Ellen Smith, born on the 6th of March 1891, and brother Jack Smith, born on the 17th of April 1927. Dick was a Painter Improver.
Dick Smith 21st of February 1941 Western Times
Luftwaffe bombing raid of the 2nd of July 1942 (Bitton Street and the surrounding neighbourhood)
Seaman Dick Smith of the Royal Naval Patrol Service, HM Trawler Kingscourt, died on the 2nd of July 1942 while home on leave at 2, Gloucester Road, Teignmouth, Devon.
Dick's mother, Edith Maud Ellen Smith, a civilian of 2, Gloucester Road, and wife of Richard Stephen Smith, was injured on the 2nd of July 1942, at 2, Gloucester Road and died at Teignmouth Hospital on the 7th of July 1942, aged 51.
Dick's brother, Jack Thomas Alfred Hill Smith, child of 2, Gloucester Road, Teignmouth, died at 2, Gloucester Road on the 2nd of July 1942, aged 15.
All three are buried together in plot KK103.
D. Smith, Seaman, RNPS, LJ/JX 180426 HMS Kingscourt 2nd July 1942
Seaman Dick Smith, Royal Naval Patrol Service, HM Trawler Kingscourt, LT/JX 180426
