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Mrs Carolann Smith-Dorrien having received the Elizabeth Cross from the Lord Lieutenant of Greater London and GOC London District
From May to September 1945, he served with the Special Liaison Section at the British Embassy, Athens, which may have been a cover for work with the Secret Intelligence Service, as well as other duties. In the course of his wartime service, he was made an Officer of the order of the British Empire (OBE). He was mentioned in despatches twice: in France, 1940 and in Syria, 1942.
Although the conflict in Europe had finished, turbulence continued in the Levant. Many officers and men were asked to
return to duty. He answered the call. He was appointed to the Palestine Mandate Government as the Commissioner for Commerce and Industries. The heart of
the Palestine Mandate Commission, the Palestine Secretariat, the British Army headquarters and that the Palestine police was centred on the
joined the Sherwood Foresters on the outbreak of war and was soon captured as a Lieutenant, spending most of the
commandeered King David Hotel, Jerusalem.
General Sir Horace would have been proud of his three sons
war in Oflag 079 in Brunswick. After the war he changed his name to Bromley David and pursued a career as an actor. It must
be supposed that, had he lived, General Sir Horace would
On 22nd July 1946,
Irgun Jewish terrorists,
disguised as Arab
labourers, entered the
weakly guarded building
and placed a massive
bomb in the cellars under the West wing of the King David Hotel. When it went off, ninety one people were killed, including Brigadier Peter Smith-Dorrien.
have been proud of his three sons, all of whom made very different but valuable contributions to the defeat of the Third Reich in the Second World War.
The youngest brother David also
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