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Tyrell-Smith won the 1930 [[List of Grand Prix motorcycle racing European Champions|500cc European Championship]] for Rudge. In [[1933 Isle of Man TT|1933]] he rode an [[OK-Supreme]] in the Lightweight. In [[1934 Isle of Man TT|1934]] he rode an [[AJS]] in the Senior, and the [[1935 Isle of Man TT|1935]] Junior, having his last TT ride for Rudge in the 1935 Senior. From [[1936 Isle of Man TT|1936]] to [[1939 Isle of Man TT|1939]] he rode for [[Excelsior Motor Company|Excelsior]]. The bike Tyrell-Smith rode in the 1936 Lightweight was a four-valve OHC radial head Excelsior with two carburettors. He finished second and went on to win the 250 cc European Championship. In the late 1930s he worked for Excelsior motorcycle company and when the war broke out, joined the [[British Army]] and served in the [[D-Day]] landings with the [[Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers]] (REME).<ref>''TT Special'', Edited by G.S.Davison; Article – "Practice Report"; 1950 edition.</ref> After the war, a career followed with [[Lucas Industries#Girling|Girling]] Ltd as sales engineer supplying suspension units to the British Motorcycle industry<ref>''Isle of Man Weekly Times'' – Golden Jubilee TT Supplement 1957 p.8</ref>
In the 1960s he was regularly seen at the Isle of Man TT races accompanying the Girling racing department in his capacity as representative to the motorcycle industry but also helping to provide the support to the sport that he loved. "Tyrell" took retirement in 1972.<ref>
including "H.G. Tyrrell (''sic.'') Smith, successful TT rider of the 20s and 30s"<ref>[http://www.vmcc.net/admin/uploads/CoventryParade.pdf] VMCC ''Coventry Parade'' (Retrieved 15 November 2006)</ref>
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060818204122/http://www.mcb.net/ttraces/tt/ttwin.html Isle of Man TT winners]
* [http://www.iommgp.com/tour/map.shtml Mountain Course map]
* https://web.archive.org/web/20071202065211/http://www.reisemosaik.at/Oldtimer/Krackowizer_Motorcycles_M_R.htm
* [http://www.mchksyd.com/f1a84f66-77c2-4dbe-8504-a2827978deeb-29.html Saxtorp Grand Prix]
* [http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ONSDeath93&rank=1&new=1&so=3&MSAV=0&msT=1&gss=ms_db&gsfn=Henry+George&gsln=Tyrell-Smith&_81004010=1907&_81004030=1982&uidh=000 Henry Tyrell-Smith's rootsweb profile]
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