George Smith

George Fisher Smith

Jul 10, 1880	Born in Hamilton Ontario
Oct 26, 1914	Attested into the 21^st Battalion at Kingston Ontario Ø Number 227 Ø Next of kin given as Mrs. Matilda Smith, 38 Johnson St. Kingston Ø Single Ø Religion given as “Roman Catholic” Ø Occupation given as “Cigar Maker” Ø Previous service given as “14^th PWOR” Ø Noted as having 8 vaccination marks, 3 on right arm and 5 on left arm Ø Tattoos on both forearms Ø Declared “fit”
Apr 19, 1915	Admitted to hospital in Kingston with “Emphysema”
May 19, 1915	Died in hospital St Mary's Cemetery Kingston ON

2008

During the Remembrance Day ceremonies in 2008, Veteran's Affairs Canada conducted a vigil each night for the week leading up to November 11. This vigil consisted of projecting the names of every Canadian soldier who is listed with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on various buildings and monuments across Canada, and in London England. The photo below shows George Smith's name being projected on the outside wall of Canada House in London England.

2010

For the 7 nights leading up to November 11, 2010, the names of all Canadian soldiers were projected onto the Belgian War Memorial in Ypres. At the same time, the same names were being broadcast via the internet to schools across Belgium and Canada. The image above shows the opening ceremonies at the Belgian War Memorial on November 4, 2010.

Below on the left is the name of George Smith being projected on that wall. Below right shows the name being broadcast to the schools. Each name appeared for 25 seconds and each night 9,700 names were shown.