Joseph Smith

Born in Cumnock about 1893, the son of Joseph and Mary Smith of Watston Cottage, Orchardton Farm, Cumnock, Joseph Smith was a private in the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He  died on 26 Feb 1916  in Ayr Military Hospital of gunshot wounds to the head after 5 months. He was 22 and a coal miner.

There is a photo of his war grave in Cumnock New Cemetery from the Scottish War Graves Project site.

Here is the family in 1901
Burnfoot Cottage Ochiltree
Joseph Smith     44 coal miner born Ballantrae
Mary Smith     41
James Smith     18
John Smith     15
Grace Smith     13
Douglas Smith     10
Joseph Smith     8 b Cumnock
Jean Smith     6
Robert Smith     4
William Smith     2

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