He was a Pilot Officer; his Hawker Hurricane Mk I was shot down by groundfire during attack on enemy armoured columns west of Arras, 14.30 hrs.
His two brothers also fell:
Captain Algernon Robert Augustus Dorrien-Smith 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars,Royal Armoured Corps~Service No:44981.Killed on the same day but in a different theatre of war, aged 30.
Interred:LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY-Plot 12. Row A. Grave 10.
Major Francis Arthur Dorrien-Smith
1st Bn. Rifle Brigade~Service No:186294. Killed June 20th 1944 aged 22.
Interred:BAYEUX EASTERN CEMETERY-Plot 9, grave 3.
They were sons of Major Arthur Algernon Dorrien-Smith D.S.O., D.L., J.P., and Eleanor Salvin Dorrien-Smith of Tresco, Isles of Scilly, and nephews of Lord Trenchard, the founding father of the RAF
He was a Pilot Officer; his Hawker Hurricane Mk I was shot down by groundfire during attack on enemy armoured columns west of Arras, 14.30 hrs.
His two brothers also fell:
Captain Algernon Robert Augustus Dorrien-Smith 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars,Royal Armoured Corps~Service No:44981.Killed on the same day but in a different theatre of war, aged 30.
Interred:LAPUGNOY MILITARY CEMETERY-Plot 12. Row A. Grave 10.
Major Francis Arthur Dorrien-Smith
1st Bn. Rifle Brigade~Service No:186294. Killed June 20th 1944 aged 22.
Interred:BAYEUX EASTERN CEMETERY-Plot 9, grave 3.
They were sons of Major Arthur Algernon Dorrien-Smith D.S.O., D.L., J.P., and Eleanor Salvin Dorrien-Smith of Tresco, Isles of Scilly, and nephews of Lord Trenchard, the founding father of the RAF
Family Members
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Captain Algernon Robert Augustus Dorrien Smith
1910–1940
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Anne Elizabeth Dorrien Smith Phillimore
1911–1995
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Thomas Mervyn Dorrien Smith
1913–1973
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Innis Mary Dorrien-Smith Llewellyn
1916–1999
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Pilot Officer Lionel Roger Dorrien Smith
1918–1940
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Major Francis Arthur Dorrien Smith
1921–1944
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MAJ Francis Arthur Dorrien-Smith
1922–1944
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Helen Dorrien Smith
1932–2015
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