SMEE, David Sydney

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Rank: 
Lieutenant (later Honorary Captain)
Unit / Base: 
'Special Boat Section'
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Artillery
Service: 
Army
Number: 
204439
Born: 
Friday, February 17, 1922
Died : 
Friday, January 20, 1995
Place died: 
Newbury, Berkshire.
Age: 
72
2 Special Boat Section.
  • 13 September 1941 commissioned Second Lieutenant, Middlesex Regiment [1].
  • 18 December 1941 posted Royal Artillery [2].
  • 10 May 1942 Second Lieutenant Smee arrived at 2 Special Boat Section. Served on HMS 'Titania' and took part in the Sark raid in December 1943 [3]. 
  • 1944 Lieutenant in the operational group of 2 Special Boat Section Headquarters [3].
  • Post war granted the honorary rank of Captain [4].
  • Member of the Commando Association last known residing Newbury, Berkshire [5].
Sources
[1] London Gazette 35294, page 5720.
[2] London Gazette 35448, page 646.
[3] 2SBS Memorandum (Linked Content below).
[4] London Gazette 38825, page 524.
[5] Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 100 (1995).
 
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