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{{Infobox military person
{{Infobox military person
| name            = Bill Smyly
| name            = Bill Smyly
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| birth_date        = {{birth date|1922|07|22|df=yes}}
| birth_date        = {{birth date|1922|07|22|df=yes}}
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2018|05|16|1922|07|22|df=yes}}
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|2018|05|16|1922|07|22|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[Beijing|Peking]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bill |first1=Smyly |title=Captain Bill Smyly obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/07/05/captain-bill-smyly-obituary/ |website=The Telegraph |date=5 July 2018 |publisher=The Telegraph |accessdate=6 July 2022}}</ref>
| birth_place      = [[Beijing|Peking]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bill |first1=Smyly |title=Captain Bill Smyly obituary |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2018/07/05/captain-bill-smyly-obituary/ |website=The Telegraph |date=5 July 2018 |publisher=The Telegraph |accessdate=6 July 2018}}</ref>
| death_place    = [[Bedford]], England
| death_place    = [[Bedford]], England
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| branch= {{army|United Kingdom}}
| branch= {{army|United Kingdom}}
| serviceyears    = 1942–1946
| serviceyears    = 1942–1946
|battles= [[Chindits#Operation Longcloth|Chindits Operation Longcloth]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Operation longcloth |url=http://thechinditsociety.org.uk/operation-longcloth/27031943-2 |website=The Chindit Society |accessdate=6 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Redding |first1=Tony |title=War in the Wilderness: The Chindits in Burma 1943-1944 |date=October 1, 2015 |publisher=The History Press; Reprint edition (October 1, 2015) |isbn=978-0750962179 }}</ref> and [[Chindits#Operation Thursday|Chindits Operation Thursday]]
|battles= [[Chindits#Operation Longcloth|Chindits Operation Longcloth]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Operation longcloth |url=http://thechinditsociety.org.uk/operation-longcloth/27031943-2 |website=The Chindit Society |accessdate=6 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Redding |first1=Tony |title=War in the Wilderness: The Chindits in Burma 1943-1944 |date=October 1, 2015 |publisher=The History Press; Reprint edition (October 1, 2015) |isbn=978-0750962179 }}</ref> and [[Chindits#Operation Thursday|Chindits Operation Thursday]]
| rank            = [[Captain (United Kingdom)|Captain]]
| rank            = [[Captain (United Kingdom)|Captain]]
| unit= [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]], [[3 Gorkha Rifles]]
| unit= [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]], [[3 Gorkha Rifles]]
| awards          = [[Mentioned in dispatches]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smyly |first1=W J |title=The London Gazette |journal=The London Gazette |date=24 April 1945 |issue=37051 |page=2215 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37051/supplement/2215 |accessdate=6 July 2022}}</ref>
| awards          = [[Mentioned in dispatches]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Smyly |first1=W J |title=The London Gazette |journal=The London Gazette |date=24 April 1945 |issue=37051 |page=2215 |url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37051/supplement/2215 |accessdate=6 July 2018}}</ref>
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==Soldier==
==Soldier==
Bill Smyly took part in two of the Chindits<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smyly |first1=William |title=William Smyly 5th Column Gurkha Rifles WW2 1943-1944 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zTzIhgaZDM |website=YouTube |publisher=Google |accessdate=6 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=From Burma to Bedford Pitch |url=http://www.chrissmyly.tv/From-Burma-to-Bedford-Pitch |website=chrissmyly.tv |publisher=Chris Smyly |accessdate=6 July 2022}}</ref> operations behind enemy lines in Burma. On the first one he made a hard-won escape after being separated from his unit.
Bill Smyly took part in two of the Chindits<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smyly |first1=William |title=William Smyly 5th Column Gurkha Rifles WW2 1943-1944 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zTzIhgaZDM |website=YouTube |publisher=Google |accessdate=6 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=From Burma to Bedford Pitch |url=http://www.chrissmyly.tv/From-Burma-to-Bedford-Pitch |website=chrissmyly.tv |publisher=Chris Smyly |accessdate=6 July 2018}}</ref> operations behind enemy lines in Burma. On the first one he made a hard-won escape after being separated from his unit.


==After the war==
==After the war==

Latest revision as of 01:27, 17 July 2022

Bill Smyly
Birth nameWilliam Jocelyn Smyly
Born(1922-07-22)22 July 1922
Peking[1]
Died16 May 2018(2018-05-16) (aged 95)
Bedford, England
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch British Army
Years of service1942–1946
RankCaptain
Unit2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles), 3 Gorkha Rifles
Battles/warsChindits Operation Longcloth[2][3] and Chindits Operation Thursday
AwardsMentioned in dispatches[4]

William Jocelyn Smyly (22 July 1922 – 16 May 2018) was a soldier, journalist and educator. He was one of the last veterans of the two Chindit expeditions in the Burma campaign.

Early life[edit]

Bill Smyly was born in Peking and was educated at Wrekin College and joined the Army straight from school.

Soldier[edit]

Bill Smyly took part in two of the Chindits[5][6] operations behind enemy lines in Burma. On the first one he made a hard-won escape after being separated from his unit.

After the war[edit]

After the war he went up to Clare College, Cambridge reading History and English. He then became a journalist. After a stint in the UK he moved to Hong Kong working at the South China Morning Post. Then he took up Education, working at the Diocesan Boys' School, and eventually at the Chinese university in Hong Kong. After taking a post graduate degree at Leeds University he joined the British Council

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Bill, Smyly (5 July 2018). "Captain Bill Smyly obituary". The Telegraph. The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. ↑ "Operation longcloth". The Chindit Society. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  3. ↑ Redding, Tony (1 October 2015). War in the Wilderness: The Chindits in Burma 1943-1944. The History Press; Reprint edition (October 1, 2015). ISBN 978-0750962179.
  4. ↑ Smyly, W J (24 April 1945). "The London Gazette". The London Gazette (37051): 2215. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. ↑ Smyly, William. "William Smyly 5th Column Gurkha Rifles WW2 1943-1944". YouTube. Google. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "From Burma to Bedford Pitch". chrissmyly.tv. Chris Smyly. Retrieved 6 July 2018.


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