SMITH, Ernest Leigh
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Rank:
Major
Unit / Base:
Special Service (Commando) Group, Brigade, and Brigade Signals
Regiment/Corps:
South Wales Borderers
Service:
Army
Service Number:
75015
Honours & Awards:
Captain Ernest Leigh Smith, HQ Special Service Group, was awarded the Military Cross for gallant and distinguished service during a reconnaissance along the North coast of France on 15/16 May 1944 (Tarbrush) gathering vital intelligence in preparation for D Day.
Post war member of the Commando Association.
Sources
London Gazette 36637, page 3605.
Award Recommendation / National Archives file WO373/95/795.
Commando Association newsletter 80 (rank - Major) (1985).
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