Captain John F Smellie

23 Sep 1944

John Frederick Smellie was commissioned in the Northumberland Hussars and volunteered for airborne forces.

Captain Smellie successfully completed his glider pilot training and was posted as Officer Commanding B Squadron, 4th Flight, 1st Wing, The Glider Pilot Regiment, and took part in Operation Market Garden (Arnhem).

Capt Smellie was killed in action on 23 September 1944, aged 30, and was given a field burial in an isolated grave in Arnhem, and was re-interred to Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery on 8 August 1945.

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  • The Shillelagh or Irish Fighting Stick carried by Capt John Smellie ‘B’ Sqn. GPR

    The Shillelagh or Irish Fighting Stick carried by Capt John Smellie ‘B’ Sqn. GPR

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