Sub.Lt. Mervyn Carnaby Smith, RND

1896 Apr 2 . Born Hackney, London

1901 census at Hackney

1911 census at 73 Sydner Road Stoke Newington (as on card above)

1914 Sep 14. Enlisted as OS. He had been a Clerk in civilian life

ex-LZ/361 AB RNVR - enlisted 14/9/14 ;

Nelson Battalion 25/1/15 - about 26/5/15

BW Head, Hosp/BD-3/8/15,

Nelson Battalion

7/8/15 Asthma,

Invalided to UK 29/10/15 ;

Nelson Battalion draft at BD Etaples

26/9/16-21/10/16 Clinical Dysentery

1916 Nov 1. Invalided to UK

Nelson Battalion 2/9/17-9/10/17

1918 Jul 31. Commissioned Sub.Lt

1921 Jan 19. Joined ADRIC with service no. 1562. Posted to N Coy

1920 Oct/Dec Marriage • Edmonton, Middlesex, to Irene Violet Ellis (1900–)

1921 Feb15 Dismissed "unsuitable" after the Trim Looting. Taken back into O Coy along with most of the other men dismissed

1921 Feb 16 . Taken back, Section Leader in O Coy with service no 1730

1921 Mar 5 Posted to P Coy

1921 Mar 24. I/C P Coy transport as Section Leader

1921 May 14 Posted to R Coy. Reverts to T/Cadet

1921 Jun 3 Removed from Suspension "without prejudice", Found Not Guilty of Trim Looting at Court Martial

1921 Aug 29 Admitted to Hardwicke Hospital

1921 Sep 17. Discharged from Hardwicke Hospital

1921 Dec 17. Admitted to Stevens Hospital to 22 Dec 1921

1922 Dec 23 to 5 Jan 1922 on leave. Indicating that he served until demobilisation.

1939 Register A Bus Driver at Southgate, wife Violet E

1977 Jan/Mar Died Thanet, Kent. Correct dob

ADRIC