Eric Smith (British Army officer)
Brigadier Eric David "Birdie" Smith CBE DSO (August 1923 – 7 March 1998) 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 Borneo during the Malaysia-Indonesia Confrontation. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1975.
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Eric Smith (British Army officer)
Brigadier Eric David "Birdie" Smith CBE DSO (August 1923 – 7 March 1998) 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 Borneo during the Malaysia-Indonesia Confrontation. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1975.
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August 1923
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Eric David Smith
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Cupar, Fife, Scotland
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1998-03-07
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