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Many thanks Susan for the time you must have spent on this.
Your effort is greatly appreciated
Dave

Thanks for that, probably means that the elder William had died before then.

Does you reply mean that the younger William was not found at all, or just not found with his father?

If it helps, in later censuses, the younger William was consistently recorded as being born in Pershore in 1837, as :-

William SMITH in 1851
William Henry SMITH in 1861 & 1881
William Hy SMITH in 1871
William H SMITH in 1891

Regards, Dave

Thanks for that.
You know, sometimes the obvious eludes you.
Regards, Dave

From Hampshire Marriage License allegations, Bishop of Winchester, 1689-1837 Volume 3.

Robert Urry, of East Cowes, aged 26, married Elizabeth Berriman, of St. Thomas Winchester, aged 23, at St. Thomas Winchester, 04 Jul 1805.

Can anyone tell me any more about this marriage and/or these people?

Thanks,
Dave

Thanks to you all for the replies.

I should perhaps point out that the image in the first reply of this thread (from me) is clickable if you want to see the MIC in detail.

Maybe the MIC was issued just to contain the SWB, but other sources indicate that a different form was normally used. http://www.1914-1918.net/mics.htm

Surely the fact that none of the "standard" medals were awarded means he never went overseas?

Verbal family history has it that he was either executed or imprisoned for going AWOL. He married in June 1915, on license, and the story goes that he went AWOL the following year to see his son. However, as the MIC/SWB was issued, it seems unlikely to me that he was executed. There's not a lot more I can add, other than it is known his wife brought up her son alone. So maybe he was killed, or just deserted her.
Dave