EMPIRE, FAITH & WAR

Lieutenant in the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs

An in-depth interview with a British officer who won the Victoria Cross leading a near-suicidal mission on the Western Front with a group of ten Sikhs on 18 May 1915.

Smyth talks about his joining the regiment, life in India, his relationship with the Sikhs and winning the Victoria Cross at the age of 22.

Total length (approx.): 24 mins
Interviewer: Charles Allen
Date: 1974
Location: Devon (?), UK
Image credits: UKPHA Archive / Dragon School / IWM