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Arthur Smith (British Army officer)
Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Francis Smith KCB KBE DSO MC (1890–1977) was a British Army general during World War II.
==Military career==
Smith was commissioned into the Coldstream Guards in 1910.〔(Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives )〕
He served in World War I as Adjutant with 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards in France from 1914 before becoming a General Staff Officer in France in 1915.〔
After the War he became a General Staff Officer at London District and then Adjutant at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst from 1921.〔 It was during this time, he compiled the "100 Days Bible Study" for cadet officers.〔(100 Days Bible Study )〕
He became Commandant at the Guards Depot in 1924 and then moved back to London District in 1927.〔 He was made Commanding officer of 2nd Bn Coldstream Guards in 1930 and then Commander of the Coldstream Guards Regiment and Regimental District in 1934.〔 In 1938 he became a Brigadier on the General Staff of British Troops in Egypt.〔
He served in World War II initially as chief of staff at Middle East Command until 1942 when he became Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding London District.〔 He was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Persia and Iraq Command in 1944.〔
After the War he was made General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Eastern Command, India in 1945.〔 He became Chief of the General Staff in India in 1946 and Commander of British Forces in India and Pakistan in 1947; he retired in 1948.〔
He was Lieutenant of the Tower of London from 1948 to 1951.〔 He was a religious man who became Chairman of the British Evangelical Alliance and President of the World Evangelical Fellowship.〔(Papers of Oswald J. Smith - Collection 322 )〕
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