Smyth | M | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: Medal rolls | Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadia |
Smyth | M | 7460 | Private | 2nd Battalion
Source: QSA roll | Lancashire Fusiliers |
Smyth | Matthew | 35506 | Sergeant | Source: QSA Medal Rolls | 46th Company, 12th Btn, IY |
Smyth | Matthew | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | 53rd Battery, RFA |
Smyth | Matthew | 11939 | Bombardier Collar Maker | QSA (3) DoL LN Belf; KSA (2)
Provisional list of recipients
Source: Ladysmith Siege Account and Medal Roll | 53rd Battery, RFA |
Smyth | N K | 26 | Private | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | Willowmore Railway Contingent |
Smyth | N M | | Lt Col | OC 6th Dragoon Guards
474 of 580 awards | 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers) |
Smyth | Nevill Maskelyne | | Major | Born in 1868, and is a son of Sir Warington Smyth, of Marazion, Cornwall, and brother to Herbert Warington Smyth Secretary, of the Mines Department at Johannesburg. He was educated at the Royal Military College, and entered the Queen's Bays in 1888; served in the Zhob Valley Expedition in 1890-91; the Dongola expedition in 1896, attached to the Intelligence Department (despatches, 4th class Medjidie and Egyptian medal with two clasps); the Nile Expedition in 1897 (clasp); Nile Expedition in 1899 as Orderly Officer to the GOC Infantry Division of the Egyptian Army; present at the battles of the Atbara and Khartoum (despatches, medal, two clasps to Egyptian medal, and VC); also took part in the Nile Expedition in 1899 as Intelligence Officer to the Flying Column; took part in the operations at Shukaba, Blue Nile, and the operations which resulted in the final defeat of Khalifa; actions at Abu Aadcl and Om Dubriekat (despatches, two clasps to Egyptian medal, and 4th class Osmanieh). Major Smyth served in the Boer War in 1902. including the operations in the Transvaal and Orange River Colonies (brevet of Major). He was promoted Major to the Carabineers in 1903. | 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) |
Smyth | Nevill Maskelyne | | Captain | QSA (3).
Source: QSA medal rolls | 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) |
Smyth | O | | | 2nd Battalion
Source: Medal rolls | Prince of Wales's Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadia |
Smyth | Owen Stuart | | Captain | SMYTH, OWEN STUART, Captain, was born, 14 August 1853, and was gazetted to the Royal Garrison Artillery 9 January 1873. He served in the Afghan War in 1878 and 1880, taking part in the capture of Ali Masjid and in the operations in the Bazar Valley, in the action at Jugdullack, in the march from Kabul to the Relief of Kandahar, and in the battle of the 1st September. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 7 November 1879], received the Medal with two clasps, and the Bronze Star. He again saw active service in the Burmese War, 1885-6-7 and 1891, was mentioned in Despatches and created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 26 November 1886]: "Owen Stuart Smyth, Captain, Royal Artillery. For operations in Burma". (The Insignia were presented to him by the Queen). He served in the Wuntho Expedition of 1891, commanding the Southern Column; received a clasp, and was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 9 February 1892]. He took part also in the Manipur Expedition, 1891, was mentioned in Despatches 14 August 1891, and received a clasp, and he commanded mountain batteries at Intogh. He became Lieutenant Colonel 31 December 1898, and was given the Brevet of Colonel 31 December 1892, retiring as Colonel, Royal Artillery, 11 June 1904.
Source: DSO recipients (VC and DSO Book) | Royal Artillery |
Smyth | P | 4353 | Shoeing Smith | Unattached
Demise: Died of disease - enteric fever 26 May 1900
Place: Mooi River
Source: In Memoriam by S Watt | Royal Field Artillery |
Smyth | P | 5961 | Private | 1st Battalion
Source: QSA roll | (Princess Victoria's) Royal Irish Fusiliers |
Smyth | P | | | Source: QSA and KSA medal rolls | 69th Battery, RFA |
Smyth | P | 4353 | S Smith | Died of enteric at Mooi River. 26 May 1900.
Source: Natal Field Force Casualty Roll, page 30 line 13 | Royal Artillery |
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