TCG Letter #1570

Christopher Wiseman writes to Tolkien, G.B. Smith has died.

Smith was injured by shrapnel on 29 November. He wrote to his mother saying that his wounds were not serious but by 2 December his wounds had become infected by gangrene. He died on 3rd of December 1916, he was 22 years old.

Tolkien will immediately write to Smith's mother offering his condolences. ^{Letter from J.R.R. Tolkien to Mrs. Smith • 16 December 1916 (#1571)[1]}