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№ 1078

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7 December 2017

Hammer Price:
£190

Three: Captain N. M. Smith, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached East Anglia Field Ambulance and Norfolk Regiment, and died of wounds in Palestine, 12 December 1917

1914-15 Star (Lieut. N. M. Smith. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. N. M. Smith.) good very fine (3) £100-140

Norman McGaan Smith was born in 1892 in Trinidad, the son of The Honourable Adam Smith, C.M.G., and Constance Smith, of Abbotsford House, St. Clair, Port of Spain, Trinidad. He was educated at Queen’s Royal College, Trinidad, Glasgow High School and Glasgow University. Having studied medicine, he graduated in early 1915 and was House Physician and House Surgeon at Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow. In private life, Norman was a keen member of the 34th Glasgow Company, Boys Brigade. He took a commission in R.A.M.C. in July 1915 and first served in Gallipoli from 14 October 1915, attached to the 2nd/1st East Anglia Field Ambulance and the 4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment, as part of the 34th Division. He later served in Egypt and then Palestine, where, aged 25, he died of wounds on 12th December 1917, and is buried in Ramleh War Cemetery. He is commemorated on the Queen’s Royal College, Trinidad, Glasgow High School, and Glasgow University War Memorials and the Trinidad War Memorial, Port of Spain, Trinidad.