Corporal Maxwell Smyth (6977646) served in 1st Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers during World War Two. He was the son of William Smyth and Agnes Smyth of Laurencetown, Co. Down.
Maxwell Smyth died while serving in Burma on 29th March 1942 aged 27 years old. His grave is in Collective Grave 23A, D, 1-3 of Taukkyan War Cemetery, Myanmar.
WartimeNI Photo: Some of the names, regiments, and townlands of those from Gilford and the surrounding area who lost their lives during the Second World War. Photo taken on 10th September 2016. Copyright Scott Edgar - WartimeNI.
His name is on the Gilford War Memorial, Gilford, Co. Down and on a memorial in All Saint’s Church of Ireland, Tullylish, Co. Down.
Smyth’s brother Alfred Smyth served in the Irish Guards. An older brother, John Smyth, lived in the United States of America having served in World War One.