Harry Leslie Smith

Harry Leslie Smith was born in 1923 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. After a stormy and chaotic youth; he joined the RAF in 1941. At the end of the Second World War, Smith ended up in occupied Hamburg, Germany. He remained with RAF occupational forces until 1947, whereupon, he decamped back to Yorkshire. In the 1950's, Harry Leslie Smith emigrated to Canada. Since his time in the Second World War, Harry Leslie Smith has been an avid reader and writer; who at 88 has found a keen interest in social media...See more

Harry Leslie Smith was born in 1923 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. After a stormy and chaotic youth; he joined the RAF in 1941. At the end of the Second World War, Smith ended up in occupied Hamburg, Germany. He remained with RAF occupational forces until 1947, whereupon, he decamped back to Yorkshire. In the 1950's, Harry Leslie Smith emigrated to Canada. Since his time in the Second World War, Harry Leslie Smith has been an avid reader and writer; who at 88 has found a keen interest in social media and connecting the stories of his past with contemporary audiences. Currently, he divides his time between Canada, Great Britain, and Portugal. Harry is the author of 1923: A Memoir, Hamburg 1947: A Place for the Heart to Kip. His third book The Empress of Australia is due to be published in 2012 See less