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Description: | Victoria Cross ts citation card (1p) signed by the Division Commander relating to his actions on 21 and 23 August 1918 whilst serving as a Lance Sergeant with the 1/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers (125th Brigade, 42nd Division) in France, describing how he personally captured a machine gun post, killing six of the enemy, and led subsequent attacks on enemy positions; also 19 photographs including a number of Smith in uniform during his service as a Lieutenant with the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers during the Second World War, one of the 1927 Lancashire Fusilier Gallipoli Dinner, his medal group and his grave and memorials. Together with the ‘Lancashire Fusiliers Annual 1923-24’ (158pp), copies of his birth and death certificates recording the cause of death in 1940 as a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, ts research notes on his life and service, a ts transcript of a poem (1p) by a member of the King’s Own Royal Lancasters honouring Smith, photocopied newspaper articles relating to the award of his VC, the 1920 Royal celebration for VC winners and his death, photocopied biographical material from published sources and 14 letters (23pp) written c.1981 - 1983 by his friends and family to a researcher making some reference to his life and to the award of his medal.
Cataloguer SMR | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Smith, Edward Benn | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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