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VC1212 Quentin George Murray Smythe
Name Quentin George Murray Smythe No.
VC Issue No. 1212 Awards VC
Regiment South African Forces, Royal Natal Carabineers
Later
Now Natal Carabineers Regiment South Africa
Rank VC Won Sergeant
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth Nottingham Road, Natal, South Africa
Place Of Death Durban Hospital, South Africa
Buried/Location Ashes At his farm, Nottingham Road, Natal, South Africa
Cremated Durban Crematorium, South Africa
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no.
Gazetted 11 September 1942
VC Presented 1 September 1943, Administrator, South Africa
Memorials
P Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, Green Park, London
Portrait, Bronze Plaque, and Display,foyer of the Assembly Hall, Estcourt High School, Nottingham Road, Natal, South Africa
By The Way…
VC Held By
Lord Ashcroft Collection / I.W.M.
BORN 6 August 1916
DIED 22 October 1997 AGE 81
VC Won 5 June 1942 AGE 25
Place VC Won Alem Hamza area, Libya
War/Campaign Second World War