| Notes: | RMP. He enlisted 22/6/1950 in the Royal Engineers, 7/7/1950 transferred to RMP, 5/2/1951 returned to the Royal Engineers. (Info from RMP Museum.)
Norman William Smith.
Extract from the Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 21/12/1950.
Soldier left as National Anthem was played.
A Court-Martial at Catterick Camp yesterday. Lance Corporal Norman William Smith (2), Military Police, Catterick was charged with conduct prejudice to good order and military discipline by not standing to attention when the National Anthem was played at a cinema at Catterick Camp.
He pleased guilty and was sentenced subject to confirmation to 56 days detention. It was stated that he walked out of the cinema when the anthem was played.
Lt. M ER C Berryman, the 17/21st Lancers, defending, said Smith, a National Serviceman had got an idea that he did not believe in Royalty. He was an atheist. At his age Smith had his own ideas and was evidently showing off. he should be rapped over the knuckles and told not to be so stupid. |
