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{{LieutRN}} '''Sidney Glenton Smith''', ( – 25 August, 1881) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{LieutRN}} '''Sidney Glenton Smith''', (14 october, 1846 – 25 August, 1881) served in the [[Royal Navy]].  There is a chance that his middle name may have been "Glinton", as one Service Record transcribes it.
  
 
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Revision as of 13:59, 17 September 2021

Lieutenant Sidney Glenton Smith, (14 october, 1846 – 25 August, 1881) served in the Royal Navy. There is a chance that his middle name may have been "Glinton", as one Service Record transcribes it.

Life & Career

Smith was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 June, 1869.

Smith was superseded in command of Forester in June 1881 and died soon thereafter at Haslar Hospital, perhaps from asthma.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Forester
8 Jul, 1878[1] – 28 Jun, 1881
Succeeded by
Frank A. Harston

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 212.