A.J Smithers was born in 1919 and educated at Dover Collage. He served with the 4th Buffs (TA)in which he was commissioned in 1937 and later the B.E.F in France. Subsequently he se...ver maisA.J Smithers was born in 1919 and educated at Dover Collage. He served with the 4th Buffs (TA)in which he was commissioned in 1937 and later the B.E.F in France. Subsequently he served in West Africa, India and Burma and at the end of the war was with H.Q 21 Army Group (D.A.A.G War Crimes) from 1945-1946. He left the army in 1946 and took up the study of Military History. Among his published works are The Man Who Disobeyed, Sir John Monash, a life of Dornford Yates, and two sentimental works on the development of the tank. A New Excalibur and Rude Mechanicals.ver menos