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==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
Birdie Smith, was born in [[Cupar]], Fife, [[Scotland]] in August 1923.<ref name="Herald">{{cite news| title=Obituary |newspaper=The Herald|location=Glasgow |date=24 March 1998}}</ref> He was nicknamed Birdie because his nose was considered to resemble a bird's beak. He was educated at [[Allhallows College]], Dorset.<ref name="Herald" /> He joined the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] in 1941 and following attendance at the Officer Training Unit at [[Bangalore]] was commissioned and posted to the [[7th Gurkha Rifles]] in 1942.<ref name="Herald" /> He served with the 2nd/7th Gurkhas in [[India]] and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] from 1942 to 1944.<ref name="oral history">{{cite web | url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80014193 | title= Smith, Eric David 'Birdie' (Oral history) | publisher=Imperial War Museums | date=22 September 1994 | accessdate=18 October | Birdie Smith, was born in [[Cupar]], Fife, [[Scotland]] in August 1923.<ref name="Herald">{{cite news| title=Obituary |newspaper=The Herald|location=Glasgow |date=24 March 1998}}</ref> He was nicknamed Birdie because his nose was considered to resemble a bird's beak. He was educated at [[Allhallows College]], Dorset.<ref name="Herald" /> He joined the [[British Indian Army|Indian Army]] in 1941 and following attendance at the Officer Training Unit at [[Bangalore]] was commissioned and posted to the [[7th Gurkha Rifles]] in 1942.<ref name="Herald" /> He served with the 2nd/7th Gurkhas in [[India]] and [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] from 1942 to 1944.<ref name="oral history">{{cite web | url=http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/80014193 | title= Smith, Eric David 'Birdie' (Oral history) | publisher=Imperial War Museums | date=22 September 1994 | accessdate=18 October 2016}}</ref> | ||
==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||