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David de Crespigny Smiley
LVO OBE MC
Smiley with Sultan Said bin Taimur, 1958
Born
(1916-04-11)11 April 1916 London, England
Died
9 January 2009(2009-01-09) (aged 92) London, England
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1936–1947 1949–1973
Rank
Colonel
Unit
No. 52 Commando Blues and Royals Somaliland Camel Corps Royal Horse Guards Special Operations Executive
Commands held
Royal Horse Guards Sultan of Oman's Armed Forces
Battles/wars
Second World War Operation Masterdom Albanian Subversion Jebel Akhdar War North Yemen Civil War
Awards
Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order Officer of the Order of the British Empire Military Cross & Bar Mentioned in Despatches
Other work
Military Attaché, Stockholm
Smiley's voice
from the BBC programme MI6: A Century in the Shadows[1]
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, the Western Desert and with Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Albania and Thailand.
^"Heroes and Villains". MI6: A Century in the Shadows. Episode 2. 3 August 2009. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
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Global Information
United Kingdom