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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 (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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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
"In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the Middle East".
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:
August 24th, 1944
Citation:
"In recognition of gallant and distinguished services in Italy."
Mentioned in Dispatches
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
Citation:
"In recognition of gallant and distinguished services at Arnhem."

Posthumously awarded
Mentioned in Dispatches

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

Photo