Wilfrid Smith (British Army officer)

Major-General Wilfrid Edward Bownas Smith CB, CMG (March 1867 – May 1942) was a senior British Army officer.

Wilfrid Smith
BornMarch 1867
Westminster
DiedMay 1942(1942-05-00) (aged 75)
Tavistock, Devon
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
RankMajor-General
Commands held1st Bn, Lincolnshire Regiment
52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division
Battles/warsBritish expedition to Tibet
First World War
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George

Military career
Major General Wilfrid Smith memorial plaque
Memorial plaque in Church of St Michael, Princetown dedicated to Major General Wilfrid Smith.

Smith transferred from the 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 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.[4]

References
  1. "No. 25814". The London Gazette. 8 May 1988. p. 2633.
  2. "Wilfrid Edward Bownas Smith". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  3. "Wilfrid Edward Bownas Smith" (PDF). DNW. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  4. "Army Commands" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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