Robert Osborne-Smith

Brigadier Robert Edward Osborne-Smith DSO OBE (18 July 1908 – 13 December 1972) was a Jersey-born British Army officer and Indian cricketer.

Cricket career He played one first-class cricket match for the Indian Army against Northern India in the 1934/35 Ranji Trophy. He had earlier played twice for the Egypt national cricket team against HM Martineau's XI, and later played for the British Army cricket team against Australia in 1938.

Military career Osborne-Smith was commissioned into the British Army in 1929 and in 1944 (as a captain, Temporary Major, Acting Lieutenant-Colonel) was commanding officer of 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment in 43rd (Wessex) Division during the Normandy Campaign (Operation Overlord). He distinguished himself in the fighting round Mont Pinçon and the crossing of the River Seine. He was involved in the failed attempt to reach Arnhem during the 1944 Operation Market Garden.

A few minutes later, Osborne-Smith was severely wounded by a shell splinter in the leg, and he had to be evacuated.