SMITH, Clifford William

Rank: 
Lance Corporal
Unit / Base: 
43RM Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Army Medical Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
7403479
Honours & Awards: 
Lance Corporal  Clifford Smith, RAMC, attached 43RM Commando, was wounded on 22 September 1944 [1].  He was wounded a second time (remaining on duty) with 43RM Commando on 18 April 1945 at Lake Comacchio, Italy [2]
Awarded the Military Medal in recognition of gallant and distinguished service in the field announced in Gazettes 15 March 1945 [3].
Post war member of the Commando Association who record his final rank attained as Corporal and that he also served with 45 Commando [4].
 
Sources
[1] Casualty Lists / National; Archives file WO417/83.
[2] Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/92
[3] London Gazette 36983, page 1428.
[4] Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 68.
 

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