- SURNAME
Abbey
- FORENAME
Ian Edward
- UNIT
Force 136 SOE
- RANK
T/Major
- NUMBER
162408
- AWARD
Mention in Despatches
- PLACE
Far East 1945
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Leicestershire Regiment
born 29.7.1920 Windsor, Berkshire
London Scottish 4.4.1938 - 20.12.1940
commissioned 20.12.1940
Leicestershire Regiment 20.12.1940 - 2.6.1941
Independent Company, Malaya 2.6.1941 - 28.7.1941
Bush Warfare School, Burma 2.8.1941 - 23.1.1942
China 23.1.1942 - 11.10.1942
Deolali Reinforcement Camp 16.10.1942 - 27.2.1943
1 Bn 7th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 28.2.1943 - 29.4.1943
Force 136 SOE 10.7.1943
Captain 1.9.1944
Op.Antelope, Burma 1945
died 23.05.2017, aged 96
London Gazette 37780, 5th November 1946, Page 5467
WEB LINKS:
• https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37780/supplement/5467NATIONAL ARCHIVES:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C9491999 (SOE File)
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