Military
- Francis Smith (British Army officer) (1723–1791), British officer during the American Revolutionary War
- Francis Henney Smith (1812–1890), first Superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute
- Francis Smith (aviator) (born 1896), Australian World War I flying ace
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Famous quotes containing the word military:
“Stately as a galleon, I sail across the floor,
Doing the military two-step, as in the days of yore.”
—Joyce Grenfell (1910–1979)
““My ancestors were all famous for military genius.”
My Lady smiled graciously. “It often runs in families,” she remarked: “just as a love for pastry does.””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)
“I’m not a military man, Captain. War holds no romance for me. The side effects are repulsive.”
—Richard Bluel, and Henry Hathaway. Major Hugh Tarkington (Clinton Greyn)