Correctly named 7756 Cpl W Smith Leins R
William also served with the Connaught rangers as a Sgt with the service number 40246.
William embarked for France on the 19th of December 1914.
1st Battalion Leinster Regiment.
At the outbreak of war, they were based at Fyzabad in India, and joined 82nd Brigade, 27th Division, and arrived in France during December 1914.
After spending a year on the Western Front, they moved with the Division to Salonika on 12 December 1915.Â
After a year there, the battalion transferred to 29th Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division in September 1916 and moved with the division to Palestine in September 1917, where they remained until the end of the war.
The medal has an original silk ribbon.
