Background
SMYTH, Etwall Walter was born in Fyfiela Rectory. 3rd son of late Reverend George Watson Smyth.
SMYTH, Etwall Walter was born in Fyfiela Rectory. 3rd son of late Reverend George Watson Smyth.
Studied at Cheltenham College. East India Coy.’s Military College, Addiscombe.
Appointed to the Indian Army (Bengal), 1801. Served on NorthEastern Frontier, 1805-1800 (medal with clasp for Bhotari). Indian Expeditionary Force to Malta and Cyprus, 1878.
Afghan Campaign (medal), 1879. Isazaie Expedition on NorthWest Frontier under Sir W. Lockhart, 1892. Chitral Expedition, under Sir Robert Lowe, as comdt.
25th Regiment Punjab Infantry, 1895 (medal with clasp). Decorated for the Chitral Expedition, 1895. C. B. 1890; Indian Army (Bengal).
Spouse 1873, Katharine Ellen, daughter of late Thomas Edward Heath, J.P., Northlands, near Cardiff.