Mary Elizabeth Smith (nee Jones) was born and raised in Dolgellau, Merionethshire. She was one of nine children, who lived with their parents Richard and Susannah Jones in Park Lane, Dolgellau.  Mary was my Grandmother. 
Mary married Isaac Smith in Liverpool. He died in 1915. Following Mary's death in 1918, their daughter Ivy was adopted by the Jones family. Ivy was my mother. 
Mary enlisted in the Women's Army Auxilliary Corps which was re-named Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps during the war.  No records now exist to establish when or where she enlisted. She reached the rank of Forewoman and had worked in Manchester and elsewhere. Her medal records show an entitlement to The Victory Medal and  the British War Medal. Entitlement to these medals was conditional on service overseas so it must be presumed she served in either France or Flanders. No family records exist to confirm that. 
The Jones family suffered considerably in that conflict. In all, Mary's five brothers also enlisted in the First World War. Her brother Willie, died in 1919, his health affected by his experiences in the war. Two others, Evan Thomas and David James,  were both so badly wounded they were later invalided out of the army before war's end. These three brothers were all in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. The two other brothers returned physically unscathed from the war. 
Mary died in hospital in Wrexham on 21 August 1918, probably of Spanish Flu. 
Mary is buried in St Mary's Churchyard Extension in Dolgellau. She is commemorated, alongside her brother Willie, on the War Memorial in the town.
We will remember her. 

Emrys Tippett