Research Notes
From Fred Smith's Service Record –
Address Folds Yard, Crich; aged 19 years and 1 month; collier; enlisted 11/12/15; enrolled 01/05/18; height 5ft 3in; next of kin Joseph Smith (father) of Folds Yard Crich; demobbed 08/01/19; demob address Oakerthorpe, Nr Alfreton; Primitive methodist; released for coal mining 05/12/18; born 1896; to work at Wingfield Manor Colliery; born Derby 03/11/1896; brown eyes and brown hair; mother Sarah Ann Smith; scar on right forearm; age on discharge 22; member Ancient Order of Foresters; only in England as soldier under training; enlarged right tonsil; height 5ft 43/8in
1901 Census: Crich
| Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
| Joseph | Smith | Head | 30 | Limestone quarryman | Crich |
| Sarah Ann | wife | 28 | Crich | ||
| Fred | son | 4 | Crich | ||
| Ann Ethel | daughter | 1 | Crich | ||
| Agnes | daughter | 3 mo | Crich |
1911 Census: Folds Yard, Crich
| Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
| Joseph | Smith | Head | 40 | Limestone quarryman | Crich |
| Sarah Ann | wife | 38 | Crich | ||
| Fred | son | 14 | Labourer limestone quarry | Crich | |
| Ethel | daughter | 11 | Crich | ||
| Agnes | daughter | 10 | Crich | ||
| Bernard | son | 6 | Crich |
Photo courtesy of Ian Castledine ©
Wingfield Manor Colliery where Fred Smith went to work.