He was a member of the SSRF and took part in Operation Branford to the island of Burhou 3 miles north off Alderney
on September, 7 1942 and then Operation Basalt on Sark on
October 3rd, 1942 with his equally famous brother Sergeant Bruce Ogden Smith (of swimming/Normandy beeches reconnaissance.) Colin fighting with the Maquis was cornered in a field near Kerbozec he and 2 frenchmen Gerard de Carville and Maurice Miodon were killed.
I and some like minded souls are hoping to re-enact the Sark raid on August 8th
kindly see - The War in the Channel Islands - Then and Now -by Winston G. Ramsey
They had a 3rd brother Tony captured at Tobruk with the Green Howards
Do you have a picture of the memorial and their communal grave in Guiscriff Cemetery?
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