Smyth, Kenneth Bowes Inman
- Date of birth:
- January 31st, 1907 (Wolverhampton/West Midlands, Great Britain)
- Date of death:
- October 26th, 1944 (Arnhem, the Netherlands)
- Buried on:
- Commonwealth War Cemetery Arnhem Oosterbeek
Plot: 18. Row: B. Grave: 8. - Service number:
- 36876
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
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Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
- Unit:
- 10th Parachute Battalion, 4th Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- October 14th, 1943
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
- Unit:
- 10th Parachute Battalion, 4th Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- August 24th, 1944
"In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy."
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel
- Unit:
- 10th Parachute Battalion, 4th Parachute Brigade, 1st Airborne Division, British Army
- Awarded on:
- September 20th, 1945
- Awarded for:
- Operation Market Garden
"In recognition of gallant and distinguished services at Arnhem."
Posthumously awarded
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- Photo: Hans Molier, The Netherlands
- - Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36209 published on the 12 October 1943
- Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36668 published on the 22 August 1944
- Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 37274 published on the 18 September 1945
- Unithistories
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The Airborne Soldier.com
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