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VC619 The Rt. Hon. Sir John George Smythe
BORN 25 October 1893
DIED 26 April 1983 AGE 89
VC Won 18 May 1915 AGE 21
Place VC Won Richebourg L’Avouve, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name The Rt. Hon. Sir John George Smythe No.
VC Issue No. 619 Awards VC MC
Regiment Indian Army, 15th Ludhiana Sikhs
Later 11th Sikh Regiment
Now The Sikh Regiment, Indian Army
Rank VC Won Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Brigadier
Place Of Birth Teignmouth, Devon, England
Place Of Death King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, Marylebone, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, London, England
Cremated Golders Green Crematorium, Hoop Lane, London, England
Date Buried/Cremated 29 April 1983
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Crocus lawn, Section 2L
Gazetted 29 June 1915
VC Presented 12 July 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Named on Memorial Gates, Constitution Hill, Westminster, London
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Golders Green Crematorium, Golders Green, London
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, The Den, Teignmouth, Devon
By The Way…
He was co-founder of the VC and GC Association
VC Held By
Imperial War Museum, Lambeth Road, Kennington, London, England
