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Major-General Nevill Maskelyne Smyth

Major-General Nevill Maskelyne Smyth

Male 1868 - 1941  (72 years)    Has 23 ancestors and 19 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Nevill Maskelyne Smyth 
    Prefix Major-General 
    Birth 14 Aug 1868  Westminster Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 21 Jul 1941 
    Siblings 1 Sibling 
    Person ID I251214  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2007 

    Father Warington Wilkinson Smyth,   b. 26 Aug 1817, Napoli, Campania, Italia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1890 (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Anna Maria Antonia Storey-Maskelyne   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Marriage 1864 
    Family ID F101648  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Evelyn Olwen Williams,   b. 1885   d. 1960 (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jul 1918 
    Children 
     1. Osmond Nevill Hunter Mackay Smyth,   b. 23 Feb 1920   d. 15 Aug 1952, Formosa Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    +2. Olwen Annarella Smyth,   b. 15 Sep 1921   d. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Commodore Dacre Henry Dendraeth Smyth,   b. 5 May 1923   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F101645  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2007 

  • Notes 
    • V. C., C.B.,
      Col. of 6th DG Carabiniers

      He had a distinguished career in the army, rising to the rank of Major-General. He won the Victoria Cross at the Battle of Khartoum

      was nicknamed 'The Sphinx' and commanded the 1st Australian Brigade on Gallipoli, then the 2nd Australian Division on the Western Front. His courage at Lone Pine (1915) won the admiration of the Australian troops - a respect that he never lost.
      Much involved in the the training of Australian troops in Egypt, he was described as 'sphinx-like, silent and imperturbable'. He was (Scout Movement) Baden-Powell's first cousin - the son of Sir Warington Wilkinson Smyth and grandson of Admiral W. H. Smyth. He was awarded the Victoria Cross while serving with the 2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays) at Khartoum in 1898. He settled in Australia in 1925

      He was 30 years old, and a Captain in the 2nd Dragoon Guards ( Queen's Bays ), British Army during the Sudan Campaign when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.
      On 2 September 1898 at the Battle of Omdurman , Sudan , Captain Smyth galloped forward and attacked an Arab who had run amok among some War Correspondents. Captain Smyth received the Arab's charge, and killed him, being wounded in the arm while doing so, but he saved the life of at least one of the War Correspondents.



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