Key Information
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Smith, Sir Cecil Miller, 1896-1988, Knight, Major General
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Description area
Dates of existence
1896-1988
History
Born in 1896; educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Royal Military College Sandhurst and Staff College, Camberley; served in World War Two, 1914-1919, in France and Belgium with Army Service Corps and Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, 1916-1918; served in World War Two, 1939-1945, in Middle East, 1939-1944 and North West Europe, 1944-1945; Maj Gen, 1943; Deputy Quarter Master General, ME/AE, 1943-1944; Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff, Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force, 1944-1945; Maj Gen in charge of administration, Northern Command, 1945-1947; Chief of Staff, Northern Command, 1947-1948; Director of Supplies and Transport, War Office, 1948-1951; retired, 1951; Col Commandant, Royal Army Service Corps, 1950-1960; Chairman of the Royal Ulster Society in London, 1964-1973; died in 1988.
Relationships area
Access points area
Subjects
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
Institution identifier
0099 KCLMA
Status
Final
Level of detail
Partial
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Further information is available at the National Archives (F38365)