Major General Nevill Maskelyne Smyth

Ranks Held Brigadier General, Captain, Colonel, Temporary Brigadier General
Birth Date 14/08/1868
Birth Place United Kingdom: England
Death Date 18/07/1941
Death Place Australia: Victoria, Balmoral
Final Rank Major General
Service British Army
Units
  • 1st Australian Infantry Brigade
  • 2nd Australian Division
  • 2nd DG
  • Staff
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Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • 19th century

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    Formal group photograph taken at a Victoria Cross Reunion Dinner. Standing, left to right: Mr ...

    GALLIPOLI. 1915-11. BRIGADIER-GENERAL SMYTH VC, G.O.C. 1ST INFANTRY BRIGADE, AND MAJOR CASS (LATE ...

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    Letters received by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, 1 January 1918 – 25 December 1918

    Letters written by Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood to various correspondents, 19 July 1916 – 16 September 1918

    Miscellaneous papers on ANZAC and the war, 1915-1920

    Official photographs of Field Marshal Lord William Birdwood, Western Front and civic events after the First World War

    Personal Files Book 17, 14 January - 11 February 1918

    Personal Files Book 18, 8 May - 25 May 1918

    Transcript of diary of Ben William Champion, 1915-1918

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Date of birth 14/08/1868
Date of honour or award 02/09/1898 Awarded Victoria Cross whilst serving with 2 Dragoon Guards as a Captain at the Battle of Khartoum, Sudan. Captain Smyth galloped forward and attacked an Arab who had run amok among some War Correspondents. Captain Smyth received the Arab's charge, and killed him, being wounded in the arm while doing so, but he saved the life of at least one of the War Correspondents.
Date of recommendation honour or award 17/01/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 06/10/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 20/09/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 10/03/1917
Date of death 18/07/1941

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