https://tolkiengateway.net/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=83.103.117.254Tolkien Gateway - User contributions [en]2026-06-22T02:37:33ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.41.1https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Geoffrey_Bache_Smith&diff=57779Geoffrey Bache Smith2008-02-22T11:43:03Z<p>83.103.117.254: </p>
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<div>'''Lieutenant Geoffrey Bache Smith''' (October 18th, [[1894]] - December 3, [[1916]]) was a childhood friend of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. Tolkien, Smith and [[Robert Gilson]] attended [[King Edward's School]] in [[Birmingham]] together, and served in the [[World War I|First world War]]. On the 3rd of December, 1916, Smith died of wounds sustained in the [[Battle of the Somme]].<br />
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==References==<br />
[http://www.webmatters.net/france/ww1_tolkien_gbs.htm Tolkien and WWI]<br />
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