Captain William Alan Smiles. 2nd Royal Irish Rifles.
Son of William Holmes Smiles and Lucy Smiles, of Westbank, Strandtown, Belfast. A Solicitor.
Killed in action near Ovillers 09 July 1916 aged 34 years.
The following were granted a joint war gratuity 17 March 1917. Mrs Lucy Smiles, Miss Aileen Smiles and John Holmes Smiles
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
2nd Lieutenant Samuel Smiles. 13th Royal Irish Rifles.
Son of William Holmes Smiles and Lucy Smiles, of Westbank, Strandtown, Belfast. A Solicitor
Killed in action in Flanders 16th August 1917 aged 35 years.
The following were granted a joint war gratuity 17 December 1918. Executors. Mrs Beryl Mable Barbour Smiles. And William Herbert Niall Nelson.
At rest in Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
All above commemorated on a family memorial in Belfast City Cemetery.
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Walter Dorlin Smiles
Born 08 November 1883
Lost at sea between Stranraer Scotland and Larne, Northern Ireland during a storm whilst on vehicle and passenger ferry M.V. Princess Victoria. 31 January 1953, There were 179 persons on board 135 people died. No women or children survived. They were first to leave the ship, but due to the rough and high waves the lifeboats they in were flipped over.
At rest in Belfast City Cemetery, Northern Ireland.
