Brigadier miles smeeton biography

Miles Smeeton (–) and Beryl Smeeton (–) were an outstanding couple of travellers, pioneers, explorers, mountaineers, cruising sailors, recipients of numerous sailing awards, farmers, prolific authors, wildlife conservationists and founders of the Cochrane Ecological Institute, a Canadian non-profit charity responsible for successfully reintroducing the swift fox to Canada.

Biography

Brigadier Miles Richard Smeeton, DSO, MBE, MC was born in Yorkshire, England, in , and was educated at Wellington and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Green Howards in but transferred to the Indian Army in , joining Hodson's Horse.

During the Second World War he served with the 3rd Indian Motor Brigade in the Western Desert and commanded Probyn's Horse in action against the Japanese in Burma in He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry at Bir Hacheim on 27 May and the Distinguished Service Order for successful leadership during