Alf Smith

Alfred "Alf" Smith, is a British centenarian, who has been the joint oldest man in the United Kingdom since the death of John Mansfield on 27th November 2016. He currently shares the title with Bob Weighton of Alton, England.

Biography
Smith was born in Invergowrie, and was the fifth of six sons born to John and Jessie Smith. He attended Invegowrie Primary School and Harris Academy, before leaving school at the age of 14. He emigrated to Canada with his eldest brother in 1927, but later moved back to Scotland to help run the family farm following the death of his father. He later served in the Home Guard during the Second World War.

He married Isobel Harper in 1937, and the couple had two children, Irene and Allan. Allan passed away in 2016 Following the death of his wife in 2003, at the age of 97, Smith lived alone in his St. Madoes home, although he now lives with his daughter following a fall in August 2016.