Profile - Timothy Smith
Timothy Smith 27 September 1884 - 6 March 1952 Timothy Smith was born 27 September 1884 in Chapelizod, County Dublin, Ireland. Timothy enlisted with the East Yorkshire Regiment on 21 April 1902 at the declared age of 18 years 3 months. He was actually shy of his 18 th birthday by six months. At time of enlistment Timothy was 5’ 2 ½” tall and 112 lbs. The enlistment with the British Army was for a period of 12 years – three years in full time army and nine years in the reserves. On his attestation documents Timothy listed as next of kin his father Patrick Smith and his older brother John – John was enlisted with the British Army Service Corps at the time. John was married Maude Ellen Robbins and had four children – their second being Ellen Smith, our paternal grandmother. John died in the spring of 1913 and Maude re-married to Timothy that August. The family sailed from Liverpool, England aboard the RMS Victorian and arrived in Saint John, New Brunswick on 14 December