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Brigadier Sir John George Smyth, 1st Baronet, (25 October 1893 – 26 April 1983), often known as Jackie Smyth, was a British Indian Army officer and a Conservative Member of Parliament. Although a recipient of the Victoria Cross, his army career ended in controversy. ==Early life and army career== Smyth was educated at Dragon School, Repton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was 21 years old, and a lieutenant in the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, 3rd (Lahore) Division, Indian Army during the First World War. In June 1915 Smyth was awarded the Victoria Cross, the United Kingdom's highest award for bravery in combat. The citation for this award, published in the London Gazette read: During the First World War he was also awarded the Russian Order of St. George Fourth Class. In September 1920, when brigade major in the 43rd Indian Brigade, Smyth was awarded the MC for distinguished service in the field in Waziristan. The citation for this award, published in the ''London Gazette'', read: In 1923, while serving in India, Smyth played two first-class cricket matches for the Europeans team. An early appointment as an instructor at the Staff College in Camberley in 1930 indicated that Smyth's career was on the fast track. He managed to persuade the Chief of the Imperial General Staff to give him an undertaking that he would be given a brigade to command in the United Kingdom should hostilities break out. Having managed to engineer leave from India to the United Kingdom in summer 1939, he called in his debt but was disappointed to be seconded to a United Kingdom-based staff job.〔Mead (2007), p. 430〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sir John Smyth, 1st Baronet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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