Source: April 1916 casualty.
Family Search: Private Thomas Henry Smith was born on 17 September 1882, in Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Frances John Smith. He immigrated to Canada in 1914. He registered for military service in 1915. In 1915, at the age of 33, his occupation is listed as attendant in London, Ontario, Canada. He died on 11 April 1916, in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium, at the age of 33, and was buried in Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium.
London Free Press – April 27, 1916.
Three London men killed and nine wounded is the official casualty report of last night and this morning from Ottawa. In addition there are many others in the list from Western Ontario. No less than three of Windsor’s sons are mentioned killed in action. Pte. Thos. Henry Smith, of London, is missing.
History of the 18th Battalion CEF, "The Fighting Eighteenth" 
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