| Surname |
Anstey |
| Forename |
John |
| Unit |
SOE Op.Massingham,Algiers |
| Rank |
Major |
| Number |
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| Award |
Legion dHonneur (Fr),Croix de Guerre avec Palm (Fr),Legion of Merit (USA) |
| Place |
Algeria 1943 |
| Additional information |
parent unit Somerset Light Infantry
born 3.1.1907 Devon
educated Clifton and Trinity College,Oxford
employed with Imperial Tobacco in civilian life
commissioned 1930s
Staff College
SOE Algiers 1943 (Major)
Force 136 SOE 1944-45 (Lt Col - Brigadier)
Knighted 1975
married Elizabeth Garnett 1935 (died 1990) (2 children)
died 2000 |
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