Birth: 16 August 1918 Kirkley Run, Carlton Colville, Suffolk, UK
Father: William James Smith 1888-1947
Mother: Priscilla May Briggs 1897-1952
Christening: 6 October 1918 Carlton Colville, Suffolk, UK
Marriage: January-March 1948 Lothingland, Suffolk, UK
Wife: Joan Doreen Spindler 1925-1992
Death: 5 November 1992 Waveney, Suffolk, UK
Buried: Kirkley Cemetery, Lowestoft, Waveney, Suffolk, UK
Tania J Smith 1948
Jillian Smith 1948
Carol Smith [Slater] 1964-a1996
Birth of Herbert W Smith, mother's maiden name Briggs, in FreeBMD in July-September 1918 in Mutford (4A 1533).
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919 for Herbert Walter Smith born 16 August 1918 and baptised 6 October 1918 in Carlton Colville, parents James William and Priscilla May Smith. "Page 86 Baptism solemnized in the Parish of Carton Colville in the Diocese of Norwich in the County of Suffolk in the Year One thousand nine hundred and eighteen [...] [born] 16th Aug 1918 [baptised] October 6th 1918 No. 767 Herbert Walter [parents] James William [of the] Royal Naval Reserve Trawler Section & Priscilla May Smith [of] Kirkley Run, Carton Colville".
In the 1921 census as Herbert W Smith born in Lowestoft, Suffolk in 1918, and living with William J and Priscilla M Smith (parents?) in Lowestoft, Mutford, Suffolk.
His brother was registered in Mutford in 1921 and two sisters in Mutford in 1925 and 1929.
Marriage of Herbert W Smith and Joan D Spindler in FreeBMD in January-March 1948 in Lothingland (4B 2067).
His three daughters were registered in Lothingland in 1948 to 1964.
His wife died in Great Yarmouth in February 1992.
Entry in People Trace UK for Herbert Smith - 78 Kirkley Run, Lowestoft NR33 0NJ.
Entry in the Register of Deaths for Herbert Walter Smith, born on 16 August 1918, in November 1992 in Waveney (10 2980).
Entry in FindaGrave for Herbert Walter Smith born 16 August 1918 died 5 November 1998 and buried in Kirkley Cemetery, Lowestoft, Waveney, Suffolk. "In Loving Memory of/Joan Doreen Smith/A Loving Wife, Mum & Nanny/Born June 27 1925/Died Feb 20 1992/also of/Herbert Walter/ Smith/A Loving Husband, Dad & Grandad/Born Aug 16 1918/United Nov 5 1992".
There are seven entries in Ancestry Family Trees for Herbert Walter Smith.
Mutford became part of Lothingland in 1935 which in turn became part of Waveney in 1974.
Herbert Walter Smith was the father of Carol Smith, wife of Iain (Ian) S Slater, great grandson of Mary Ann Taylor, wife of Edward Cowles, my second cousin once removed.
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