Smith, E. D.
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Name (Latin)
Smith, E. D.
Other forms of name
Smith, Birdie
Smith, Eric David
Date of birth
1923-08
Date of death
1998-03-07
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- His Britain's Brigade of Gurkhas, 1973.
- His Victory of a sort, 1988:t.p. (E.D. Smith) Brit. CIP (Smith, E.D. (Eric David), 1923- )
Wikipedia description:
Brigadier Eric David "Birdie" Smith CBE DSO (19 August 1923 – 7 March 1998) was a senior British Army officer and military historian who was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, for leadership and gallantry on 3 September 1944, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, the 7th Gurkha Rifles in Italy, during the Second World War. Smith later commanded the 1st/2nd Gurkhas in the Borneo Confrontation, Hong Kong and Brunei. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1975.
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