The Telegraph has the obituary of Colonel David Smiley. Smiley was a British Army officer who worked in special forces and intelligence from the Second World War onwards.
During WWII he served behind enemy lines in Albania, Greece, Abyssinia and Japanese-controlled eastern Thailand. After the war he ran operations in Albania and Poland then moved to the Middle East where he worked in Oman and Yemen.
He also found time to command the Royal Horse Guards and rode beside the Queen as the commander of her escort at her coronation.
Followup: The Independent also has his obituary.
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