Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col. W. N. E. Smith, R.M.L.I.) extremely fine £30-40

Wilfred Noel Edmund Smith was born in Sydenham, Kent on 20 November 1864 and was educated at Uppingham. Appointed a 1st Lieutenant in the Royal Marines on 21 September 1886 and promoted to Captain in September 1896 and Major in April 1905. As a Captain in the Royal Marines, he was awarded the Coronation Medal in 1902. As a Lieutenant-Colonel he was landed in command of detachments in April 1908, to reinforce the garrison of native troops threatened by an attack from Afghans, at Jash, in the Persian Gulf. Smith was re-appointed to the Reserve of Officers, 17 August 1914. He was married to Elizabeth Ashford Griffin, at Hackney, London, on 28 May 1911.