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Eric Smith.
British Army officer, Colonel of the 7th Gurkhas from 1975-82
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About Eric Smith
Brigadier Eric David "Birdie" Smith CBE DSO was a senior British Army officer and military historian who was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, for leadership and gallantry on 3 September 1944, whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion, the 7th Gurkha Rifles in Italy, during the Second World War. Smith later commanded the 1st/2nd Gurkhas in the Borneo Confrontation, Hong Kong and Brunei. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1975.
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- military personnel, writer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Born
- August 1923
- Died
- March 7, 1998