Major Richard Arthur Amyas Smith MC (4 March 1922 - 27 April 1993) was a British Army officer who served during the Second World War.
He was awarded a Military Cross for gallantry and leadership whilst serving as a platoon commander in the gliderborne 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (the 52nd) coup de main operation; tasked to capture Pegasus Bridge and Horsa Bridge during the opening minutes of D-Day, 6 June 1944.
The capture of both bridges was considered to be critical to securing the left flank of the Normandy landings area.
He was educated at Tonbridge School and St John's College, Cambridge University where he took a degree in History.
He took part in Operation Varsity: the air assault landing over the River Rhine on 24 March 1945 and in the advance across Germany to the Baltic port of Wismar.