Other Information:Capt Henry Joste Smith qualified M.B., B.S. at Guys Hospital during 1907. He was Medical Officer & Pub Vacc. in Heckington District, Sleaford Union, and Honourary Surgeon & Clinical Assistant at Guy's Hospital. According to his local newspaper, he was in practice at Timberland when war broke out. [special thanks to John Kitchen]. Henry entered the war in Egypt and Palastine from the 31st December 1915. Henry was awarded the Military Cross in 1917, his citation reads "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He followed his battalion in the attack, and attended to the wounded all day and night under very heavy fire of every description. It was due to his courage and splended devotion that so many of the wounded were brought in. After the war, Henry was known to have resided at Red House, Heckington, Lincoln.
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