15th/19th the King's Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps.
Algernon, mortally wounded at Arras.
Algernon married Rosemarie Helen Lucas-Tooth, daughter of Sir Robert Lucas-Tooth and wife Helen. Date of marriage 14th July 1936.
Obituary from The Times:
Captain Algernon Robert Augustus Dorrien-Smith, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, attached Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade, who died of wound received at Arras, was the eldest son of Major and Mrs Dorrien-Smith, Tresco Abbey, Isles of Scilly, whose third son Pilot Officer Lionel R. Dorrien-Smith, R.A.F., is reported to be missing, believed killed in action over Arras. Captain Dorrien-Smith was born in 1910 and was gazetted Second Lieutenant in 1930, being promoted Captain in 1938. In 1930 - 31 he saw active service in the North-West Frontier of India.
Contributor: Michelle Sumner (50227674)
15th/19th the King's Royal Hussars, Royal Armoured Corps.
Algernon, mortally wounded at Arras.
Algernon married Rosemarie Helen Lucas-Tooth, daughter of Sir Robert Lucas-Tooth and wife Helen. Date of marriage 14th July 1936.
Obituary from The Times:
Captain Algernon Robert Augustus Dorrien-Smith, 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars, attached Armoured Reconnaissance Brigade, who died of wound received at Arras, was the eldest son of Major and Mrs Dorrien-Smith, Tresco Abbey, Isles of Scilly, whose third son Pilot Officer Lionel R. Dorrien-Smith, R.A.F., is reported to be missing, believed killed in action over Arras. Captain Dorrien-Smith was born in 1910 and was gazetted Second Lieutenant in 1930, being promoted Captain in 1938. In 1930 - 31 he saw active service in the North-West Frontier of India.
Contributor: Michelle Sumner (50227674)
Inscription
Lovely & Pleasant in their Lives - In Death not Divided
Francis Arthur Dorrien Smith
Lionel Roger Dorrien Smith
Algernon Robert Augustus Dorrien Smith
Geoffrey Richard Dorrien Smith
Horace Algernon Dorrien Smith
In memory of the three sons of Arthur & Eleanor & the two sons of Edward & Frances
Dorrien Smith who gave their lives for God and Country in the War of 1939-1945
Family Members
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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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PO Lionel Roger Dorrien-Smith
1918–1940
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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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