Smith, J.J. Sgt.

Personal Information

HQ & Y Troop

Sgt. Joe Smith served with 40 & 43 Commando as well as with 47 Commando from 1943 until he was de-mobbed in 1945.

He was part of the Commando Force that invaded Iceland on 10th May 1940. This is well documented in his diary.

Joe rarely spoke about his time in the war but liked to tell a story that he once nearly had a signed photograph of Adolf Hitler. That was until his Troop Commander noticed it missing from the desk and shouted for Smith to put it back, he stole the Icelandic German Consuls Photograph Album as a substitute to the photo of Hitler.