John Smith - Military

Military

  • John Smith (British Army officer) (1754–1837), soldier in the American Revolutionary War
  • John Mark Frederick Smith (1790–1874), British general and colonel-commandant of the Royal Engineers
  • John Smith (sergeant) (1814–1864), soldier in the Bengal Sappers and Miners, and Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipient
  • John E. Smith (1816–1897), Swiss emigrant, Union general during the Civil War
  • John Smith (private) (1822–1866), soldier in the 1st Madras (European) Fusillers and Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross recipient
  • John Smith (Medal of Honor, b. 1826) (1826–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
  • John Smith (Medal of Honor, b. 1831) (1831–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
  • John Smith (Medal of Honor, 1880) (1854–?), United States Navy sailor and Medal of Honor recipient
  • John Manners Smith (1864–1920), recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • John Lucian Smith (1914–1972), United States Marine Corps flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient

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