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Edward Allman-Smith
Born	(1886-11-03)3 November 1886
Died	17 November 1969(1969-11-17) (aged 83)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service / branch	British Army → Royal Army Medical Corps
Rank	Brigadier
Battles / wars	First World War Second World War

Olympic medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Great Britain ( Ireland)
	1908 London	Team

Brigadier Edward Percival Allman-Smith MC (3 November 1886 – 17 November 1969) was an Irish soldier and field hockey player.

Hockey player

Allman-Smith played hockey for Dublin University Hockey Club and Ireland. He was a member of the Ireland team that won the silver medal at the 1908 London Olympics. Allman-Smith played in both the 3–1 win against Wales on 29 October and in the 8–1 defeat against England in the final on 31 October. The Ireland team was part of the Great Britain Olympic team.

Military career

During the First World War Allman-Smith served as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps. He was awarded the Military Cross in August 1917.

Between 1941 and 1942 he served as Deputy Director of Medical Services for Mandatory Palestine and Trans-Jordan.

References

1. "Edward Allman-Smith". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
2. "The Fourth Olympiad : London 1908" (PDF). La84foundation.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
3. "Eric Allman-Smith Olympic medals and stats". Databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
4. Archived 27 June 2007 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Medal card of Smith, Edward Percy Allman Corps: Royal Army Medical Corps ..." The National Archives. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
6. "No. 30252". The London Gazette (Supplement). 24 August 1917. p. 8856.
7. "Search for generals". Generals.dk. Retrieved 18 February 2015.

External links

• Edward Allman-Smith at Olympedia
• Generals of World War II

v t e Ireland squad – 1908 Summer Olympics – Silver medal
1 Allman-Smith 2 Brown 3 Campbell 4 Graham 5 Gregg 6 Holmes 7 Kennedy 8 Murphy 9 J. Peterson 10 W. Peterson 11 Power 12 Robinson

• 1886 births
• 1969 deaths
• Members of the Ireland field hockey team at the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Irish male field hockey players
• British Army personnel of World War I
• British Army brigadiers of World War II
• Royal Army Medical Corps officers
• Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
• Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics
• Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
• Irish officers in the British Army
• Ireland international men's field hockey players
• Dublin University Hockey Club players