Royal British Legion veterans gallery
Rick Smart
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Rick Smart's great uncle was 2nd Lieutenant Eric Smart, Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Eric was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. His great-nephew Rick tells his story, looking at the diaries and letters sent by a young man fighting in the Great War.
Eric's correspondance exposes the realities, brutality and terror that the soldiers faced.
Eric was killed in action in the Battle of the Somme in 1916. His great-nephew Rick tells his story, looking at the diaries and letters sent by a young man fighting in the Great War.
Eric's correspondance exposes the realities, brutality and terror that the soldiers faced.
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