King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Survey of the Papers of Senior UK Defence Personnel, 1900-1975

Service biography
Joined Coldstream Guards 1910; World War I 1914-1918; Adjutant, 2 Bn Coldstream Guards, France 1914-1915; General Staff Officer, France 1915-1917; General Staff Officer Grade 1, London District 1918-1920; Adjutant, Royal Military College, Sandhurst 1921-1924; Commandant, Guards Depot 1924-1927; General Staff Officer Grade 2, London District 1927-1930; Commander, 2 Bn Coldstream Guards 1930-1934; Commander, Coldstream Guards Regt and Regimental District 1934-1938; Brig, General Staff, British Troops in Egypt 1938-1939; World War II 1939-1945; Chief of General Staff, Middle East Command 1939-1942; General Officer Commanding London District and Maj Gen commanding Bde of Guards 1942-1944; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Persia and Iraq Command 1944-1945; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Command, India 1945-1946; Chief of General Staff, India 1946-1947; Commander British Forces in India and Pakistan 1947; retired 1948; Lieutenant of the Tower of London 1948-1951

Papers
LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES: The papers of Gen Sir Alfred Reade Godwin-Austen include a letter of appointment from Smith 1940 IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM, LONDON: The papers of Lt Gen Sir Oliver William Hargreaves Leese (ref: Strong Rm), include five letters from Smith 1943-1945, including details of reinforcements for Guards Bdes, May 1943, and mention of the Guards Infantry Bde, Allied Land Forces, South East Asia, May 1945; Smith informed the IWM in 1970 that he had no papers; JOHN RYLANDS LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER: The papers of FM Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck include correspondence with Smith 1941-1943

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