George Willie Smith [also known as George W. Smith] was born on 16 September 1883. It is not known where or with whom he trained as an architect. He commenced independent practice in 1912 and was in partnership with Charles Reginald Newborn (1878-1930) as Newborn & Smith in London from 1922 to 1930. He then worked alone until 1950 when he formed a partnership with Edward Rex. Saxon Snell (1909-1990). The partnership was dissolved in 1950 following the death of Smith.
Smith was a Member of the Society of Architects (MSA) and was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) in 1925. He was also a Member of the Institute of Structural Engineers (MIStructE). He was Consulting Architect to Roehampton Club until 1951 and Deputy Technical Advisor to the War Damage Committee.
His address was given as 6 New Square, Lincoln Inn. London in 1923 and 1927; and 12 Grange Road, Barnes, Surrey in 1939 He died in Surrey on 13 April 1958
(Newborn and Smith): — Motor and carriage works, showrooms and offices at Hitchin, Herts; "The Angles", " The Brambles", " St. John's" and " White Cottage" overlooking Richmond Park; several doctors' houses and other residences at Otford, Hounslow, Bradford, St. Margaret's, Athlone (Ireland), and elsewhere; restoration of Melbourne Lodge (Barnes) and several housing schemes; new squash rackets courts, polo stables and grooms' quarters, additions to polo, golf and tennis pavilions at the Roehampton Club', clothing factories and offices at Hackney; boot factory at Hackney; wharves and warehouses at Shad Thames for proprietors of Butler's Wharf; warehouses for Butler's Wharf; partial rebuilding of London Egg Market (after fire); rebuilding of King's Arms Yard, Coleman Street E.C.: conversion of St. Paul's Chapter House into City Club: and other works. [Source: Who's Who in Architecture 1926]
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001
Who's Who in Architecture 1926. Edited by Frederick Chatterton. London: The Architectural Press, 1926