Ursula Honour Smith married name Oakley (born 1934) is a former English international badminton player.[1]
Early life
She lived at 'Fernleigh' 15 Brunswick Sq Herne Bay Kent from age of ten. She attended La Sainte Union RC school in Herne Bay.[2][3]
She attended the University of Southampton, where she played for the university badminton team, winning the UAU championship in December 1952 in the Victory Hall of Loughborough College.[4][5] In 1956 she worked at St George's Hospital when at The Lanesborough at Hyde Park Corner, as a nurse.[6] She visited France for 12 months in 1955 to learn French.[7]