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A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Smith, Edward Garrow

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1947687A Naval Biographical Dictionary — Smith, Edward GarrowWilliam Richard O'Byrne

SMITH. (Lieutenant, 1827.)

Edward Garrow Smith passed his examination in 1817; obtained his commission 11 Oct. 1827; and, since 3 June, 1833, has been employed in the Coast Guard. On the occasion of the wreck of H.M. brig Skylark off the Isle of Wight, 25 April, 1845, he rendered, at great personal risk, all the assistance that gallantry and humanity could suggest.