Martin Linton Smith, DSO[1] (4 July 1869 – 7 October 1950) was an Anglican bishop who served in three dioceses during the first half of the twentieth century.

[4] Ordained priest in 1894 he was a curate at four parishes before securing his own incumbency at Colchester in 1902.

[5] By now married to Kathleen Dewe with a young family, he gained experience in Liverpool eventually becoming a Cathedral Canon.

His finest hour, however, was the First World War where he gained the DSO for his sterling work at The Somme, Arras and Ypres.

He had been appointed a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces in April, 1915, serving at first in Prescott before being posted abroad.