Wilfrid Smith (British Army officer)
Wilfrid Smith | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 1867 Westminster |
| Died | May 1942 (aged 75) Tavistock, Devon |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army |
| Rank | Major-General |
| Commands | 1st Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division |
| Battles / wars | British expedition to Tibet First World War |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George |
Major-General Wilfrid Edward Bownas Smith CB, CMG (March 1867 – May 1942) was a senior British Army officer.
Military career
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Smith transferred from the Militia (the 3rd Brigade, Eastern Division, Royal Artillery, formerly the Suffolk Artillery Militia) into the South Wales Borderers on 9 May 1888.[1] He saw action with the British expedition to Tibet in 1903 and then became a brigade major in India in 1905 and a Deputy Assistant Adjutant General in India in 1908.[2]
He went on to be commanding officer of the 1st Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment in 1914 and was deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force at the start of the First World War.[3] He was promoted to brevet colonel in June 1915.[4] He became General Officer Commanding 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division in Egypt in June 1916 and saw action with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the Middle Eastern theatre before retiring in September 1917.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 25814". The London Gazette. 8 May 1988. p. 2633.
- ^ "Wilfrid Edward Bownas Smith". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "Wilfrid Edward Bownas Smith" (PDF). DNW. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- ^ "No. 29202". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 June 1915. p. 6116.
- ^ "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
- 1867 births
- 1942 deaths
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- South Wales Borderers officers
- Military personnel from the City of Westminster
- British Army generals of World War I
- British Army major generals
- Suffolk Militia officers
- People from Westminster
- 19th-century British Army personnel