Great Grandfather

One of the problems of tracing our male line past Granddad Len is how many Smiths there are in the records and how many William Smiths there were in Surrey- and how big Surrey was in the 19th century.

Brixton and South Norwood were both in the county at the time.

However, the fact that the 18 year old Leonard met his father in while both were serving in Malta in 1915 has lead me to this record.
Do we think Great Grandfather Smith was born in Croydon?

This record is for the duration of the war and relates to working on the railways. I wonder if the given address is related to his previous employment.
Interesting to note that in the Merrow Village online community site, there is reference to Mrs Smith of Streatly Cottage High Path Road Merrow receiving news that Private L Smith had passed through the action unscathed.


Does it ring any bells