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Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (1 Cl. Asst. Srgn. S. G. Smyth, I.M.D.) good very fine £50-70

Stanislaus George Smyth was born on 31 October 1879. He joined the Indian Medical Department on 27 September 1901 and gained his first commission on 5 September 1919. He attained the rank of Captain, Senior Assistant Surgeon, on 2 April 1929 and in the 1930 Indian Army List is shown as being employed as Superintendant of the M.P. Class in the Medical College, Calcutta.

In 1922 Senior Assistant Surgeons (Lieutenants, Captains and Majors: European and Anglo-Indian) served in the station hospitals of British troops with Sub-Assistant Surgeons (Indians). The Assistant Sugeons were of warrant rank, 1st to 4th Class, the 1st and 2nd Class ranked as Conductors, while the 3rd and 4th Classes ranked as Sub-Conductors.