Description
Victorian Cross interest, an Edwardian silver two-handled cup,
by Charles Pilling, London 1905,
circular form, scroll handles, central girdle, on a raised circular foot, engraved with a Victorian cross and inscribed 'Lieut. C.L. Smith V.C, a Son and Hero of Whippingham Parish', height 12.8cm, approx. weight 4.3oz, together with a photocopy photograph of C. Smith. (2)
Brigadier General Clement Leslie Smith (17th January 1878 -14 December 1927) was a lieutenant in the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry when he won his V.C. He was attached to the 5th Somaliland Light Infantry during the Fourth Somaliland Expedition. On the 10th January 1904 at the commencement of the fight at Jidballi, he helped try to rescue a hospital assistant under intense fire.
During the 1st World War he went on to command the Imperial Camel Corps Brigade. The Imperial Camel Corps was established in 1916, largely from troops which had served in Gallipoli, and It consisted of four battalions.
