| Name | James John SMITH |
| Rank/Number | Pioneer / 78757 |
| Regiment/Unit | Royal Engineers / Signal Depot, Fen Stratford |
| Enlisted | Liverpool |
| Age/Date of death | 57 / 02 Jan 1916 |
| How died/Theatre of war | Died / Home |
| Residence at death | Birkenhead, Cheshire |
| Cemetery | Bletchley Cemetery, Bucks |
| Grave Reference | OC.45B(2) |
| Location of memorial | Fenny Stratford Cemetery |
| Date/Place of birth | 29 Jun 1858 / Liverpool |
| Date/Place of baptism | 10 Oct 1858 St Simon Liverpool |
| Occupation of Casualty | seaman |
| Parents/Occupation | Henry M & Sarah Smith / |
| Parents' Address | |
| Wife | Margaret Smith nee Sartorius |
| Wife's Address | 57 Morpeth Buildings, Birkenhead |
| Notes | drowned in Grand Junction Canal near his billet at Rose Cottage, Sympson Rd. Buried 10 Jan 1916. Formerly a sailor in Birkenhead. Possible Seamens Service Papers (52870) on Ancestry. |