Major-General Wilfrid Edward Bownas Smith (March 1867 – May 1942) was a senior British Army officer.

Military career

Smith transferred from the Militia (the 3rd Brigade, Eastern Division, Royal Artillery, formerly the Suffolk Artillery Militia) into the South Wales Borderers on 9 May 1888. He saw action with the British expedition to Tibet in 1903 and then became a brigade major in India in 1905 and a Deputy Assistant Adjutant General in India in 1908. He went on to be commanding officer of the 1st Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment in 1914 and was deployed to France with the British Expeditionary Force at the start of the First World War. He became General Officer Commanding

52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division The 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division was an infantry division of the British Army that was originally formed as the Lowland Division, in 1908 as part of the Territorial Force. It later became the 52nd (Lowland) Division in 1915. The 52nd (Low ...

in Egypt in June 1916 and saw action with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in the Middle Eastern theatre before retiring in September 1917.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Wilfrid 1867 births 1942 deaths Companions of the Order of the Bath Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George South Wales Borderers officers Military personnel from the City of Westminster British Army generals of World War I British Army major generals Suffolk Militia officers People from Westminster