Military Cross Citation -Lt. E. H. Smethurst

Military Cross Citation -Lt. E. H. Smethurst -acquired on the 23 rd. April 1945, one week before the German surrender in Europe, when assisting tanks to eliminate German Paratroop Bazookas on the north side of the River Panaro bridge accessing the town of Finale. The sniper’s bullet was fired from the window of one of the properties seen in the distance on the town side – Refer pics headed Finale Revisited as well as the 1945 crossing photo.