Every soldier tells a story. Herbert Carington Smith was born on 27 June 1866, the fourth child (of eight) of Robert Herbert Smith and Amelia Jane LeMeasurier. In 1909, he married Helen Lawton. Their daughter Helen Carington was born the following year. After attending the Royal Military College in Kingston, Herbert served a long career in the British Army. He was commanding officer of the 2nd Hampshire Regiment in the Dardanelles at the Battle of Gallipoli, where he was killed in action on 25 April 1915. He is remembered on the Helles Memorial on the Gallipoli peninsula, in the Canadian Book of Remembrance, and on this tablet in Holy Trinity Cathedral, 31 rue des Jardins, Quebec City.
Smith’s army career is summarized in The War Illustrated – Album De Luxe; The Story of the Great European War told by Camera, Pen and Pencil, vol III, The Spring Campaign, 1915 (p 1071) edited by JA Hammerton:
Lieut.-Colonel Herbert Carington Smith, 2nd Hampshire Regiment, was killed in action during the landing in Turkey. He first saw service in the Nile Expedition in 1898, being twice mentioned in despatches, and receiving the Order of Medjidieh and the Egyptian Medal with clasp. He went through the Boer War, and was Special Service Officer; was twice severely wounded, several times mentioned in despatches, and awarded the Queen’s Medal with five clasps and the King’s Medal with two. In 1903 he served in the Aden Hinterland campaign; in 1913 he was given command of the 2nd Hampshire Regiment.
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