War Medal (1939-1945)

medal and ribbon (See) MODEL IWM OMD 173

Sergeant Harold William Smith MM, Lancashire Fusiliers, won his MM in 1944 while serving with the Chindits in Burma. Smith (11 June 1914-2 December 1986) was born in London. He worked as a shop assistant with J S Sainsbury before marrying in 1938 and moving to Bury in Lancashire. He was called up on 20 June 1940 and spent the war in the UK and Burma where he served with the Chindits. He left the army in February 1946. He later moved back to London and worked as a commercial artist until he retired in 1979. He died in London in 1986.