| 词条 | Francis Smith (priest) |
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Francis William Smith {{post-nominals|MC}} was Dean of Kimberley, South Africa, and Rector of St Cyprian's Cathedral in Kimberley. Early lifeIn World War I Smith served with distinction as a Second Lieutenant (later Captain) in the 1/8th (Leeds Rifles) Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment. He was awarded a Military Cross, the citation reading thus: “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. With a few men he dispersed a fighting patrol of the enemy. Later, he assisted to bring in a wounded man under heavy fire. He has at all times set a fine example of courage and determination.”[1] St Michael’s, ObservatorySmith served as the fourth rector at the Parish of St Michael and All Angels in Observatory, Cape Town. His wife had a unique role in St Michael’s history: in 1927 an unusually well attended annual vestry meeting was held where the vexed question was to be raised, as to whether ladies were eligible for election to the church council. The motion was then defeated but, three years later, Mary Smith, the wife of the rector, became the first woman member, “since when many have served with great advantage to the parish.”[2] St Cyprian’s Cathedral, KimberleyFrom Observatory, Smith went to Kimberley as its third dean and eleventh rector of St Cyprian's, being installed at the cathedral on 27 April 1941.[3] Retiring in 1953, Smith was back in Kimberley on 23 August 1959 to lay the foundation stone of the memorial tower.[4] Mary Smith was well known in Kimberley for her stage appearances in David Sanders’ Boys’ High School Players productions, and for her role in the musical life of the city, playing viola in the Kimberley Concert Orchestra under Tommy Marnitz and in an active chamber music group. References1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=29981 |date=9 March 1917 |page=2479|supp=y}} {{S-start}}{{S-rel|sa}}{{S-bef|before= Hugh Scott Chignell}}{{S-ttl|title=Dean of Kimberley|years=1941 –1953 }}{{S-aft|after=Arthur Attwell}}{{S-End}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Francis William}}2. ^{{cite book|last=Langham-Carter|first=R. R.|title=The Parish Church of St. Michael & All Angels, Observatory, Cape Town: a history|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M2cmAQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Parish Church of St. Michael & All Angels}} 3. ^Service sheet, 27 April 1941 4. ^{{Cite sign |title=Foundation Stone of Tower |year=|type= |publisher= |location=St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley}} 2 : Deans of Kimberley|South African Anglican priests |
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