David Smiley Military person

Colonel David de Crespigny Smiley, LVO, OBE, MC & Bar (11 April 1916 – 9 January 2009) was a British special forces and intelligence officer. He fought in the Second World War in Palestine, Iraq, Persia, Syria, Western Desert and with Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Albania and Thailand.

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Birth date	April 11, 1916
Date of death	January 09, 2009

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allegiance	United Kingdom
award	Royal Victorian Order Military Cross Order of the British Empire
military branch	British Army
military command	Royal Horse Guards Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces
military unit	Special Operations Executive Royal Horse Guards Blues and Royals Somaliland Camel Corps 52 Commando