Education
Smith was educated at Norwich School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Smith was educated at Norwich School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
After transferring from the Norfolk Regiment to the British Indian Army, Smith was 27 years old, and a lieutenant in the Indian Staff Corps and 5th Gurkha Rifles, British Indian Army, during the Hunza-Naga Campaign, India when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the Venture capital. He was the first man to reach the summit within a few yards of one of the enemy"s sangars, which was immediately rushed, the lieutenant pistolling the first manitoba Smith later served with the India Staff Corps, and was promoted Major in July 1901.
Foreign nearly four hours on the face of the cliff which was almost precipitous, he moved his handful of men from point to point, and during this time he was unable to defend himself from any attack which the enemy chose to make.