Gilliat-Smith A Lt Royal Engineers
LIEUTENANT A. GILLIAT-SMITH
26TH FIELD COMPANY ROYAL ENGINEERS
ARTHUR GILLIAT-SMITH was the only surviving son of Harold and Sybil Gilliat-Smith.
He entered the School in 1902, and left in 1906. He passed into the R.M.A., Woolwich, and was gazetted to the 26th Field Company R.E., which formed part of the 1st Division of the Expeditionary Force in France.
He was killed near Ypres, on November 1st, 1914. The 26th Company was in reserve, and received orders to reinforce. On arriving at the spot indicated it was found that the attack had been beaten back and the trenches were full. The 26th Company was exposed to a cross fire, and Lieutenant Gilliat-Smith, in endeavouring to get his men under cover, was shot just as it was reached. Age 26.
His Commanding Officer writes:-
“A most keen and efficient Officer, who died gallantly leading his section.”
Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1