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{{Soldier survived
|image1 = James Alexander Smith.jpg |image1_size = |image1_alt = |image_caption = Cigarette card image of James
|rank = Private |service_number = 6423 |company = |battalion = [[3rd Battalion] |regiment = Border Regiment |enlisted = |attached = 2nd Battalion |transferred = |former_unit = |commands = |theatres = |battles = |tactics = |service_period = |awards = Victoria Cross for action on 21 December 1914
For conspicuous bravery on 21 December at Rouges Bancs in voluntarily going from their[1] trench and rescuing a wounded man who had been lying exposed against the enemy's trench for 75 hours, and on the same day again leaving their trench voluntarily under heavy fire, to bring into cover another wounded man. They were under fire for 60 minutes whilst conveying wounded men to safety.[2][3][4] |mention_in_dispatches= |service_records = |other_records =
|honourific_prefix = |name = James Alexander Smith |honourific_suffix = |other_name = |nickname = |born = 5 January 1881 / Workington, Cumberland[5] |education = |former_employment = |spouse = |children = |parents = |siblings = |additional_family = |residence = |nationality =
|died = 21 May 1968 |age = 87 |cause_of_death = |burial_type = |reference_number = |resting_place = Acklam Cemetery, Middlesborough |coordinates = |location_map = |additional_memorials =
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|biography = We do not have any biographical information about this soldier.
This is a dedicated remembrance page for James Alexander Smith (6423), a soldier of The Border Regiment (inc. being attached or transferred) during The Great War. Please consider helping this project by contacting us with any useful information OR feel free to include any relevant information here yourself by clicking on "Edit" above.
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- ↑ This citation is used for Abraham Acton (10694 Pte.) who was also awarded the VC for the same action.
- ↑ London Gazette, (Supplement) no. 29074, p. 1700
- ↑ His Victoria Cross is displayed at Cumbria's Museum of Military Life (Carlisle, Cumbria, England).
- ↑ The Victoria Cross. The Border Regiment Retrieved 6 November, 2014.
- ↑ Cumbria's Museum of Military Life. 6423 Private James Smith V.C. Retrieved 6 November, 2014.
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