| Surname |
Binney |
| Forename |
Frederick George |
| Unit |
SOE |
| Rank |
Civilian + Commander |
| Number |
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| Award |
Knighted,Distinguished Service Order |
| Place |
blockade-running ops from Sweden 1941 (Kt) 1944 (DSO) |
| Additional information |
born 23.9.1900 Great Bookham,Surrey
son of Maximilian Frederick Breffit and Emily Blinkhorn Binney
educated Summer Fields
educated Eton College
educated Merton College,Oxford 1920-23
lead Merton College Arctic Expedition 1923
lead Oxford University Arctic Expedition 1924
Hudson Bay Company 1926-30
United Steel Companies Ltd 1930-39
Iron and Steel Control,Ministry of Supply representative,Sweden
SOE Op.Rubble 1941
SOE Op.Performance 1942
Assist Commercial Attache,British Legation,Stockholm 1942
Commander,R.N.R. 1943 for SOE Op.Bridford (heart attack invalided him out of op)
SOE Op. Moonshine to Danish Resistance 1944-45
United Steel Companies Ltd postwar
married Evelyn Mary Fane (nee Marriott) 1946 (divorced 1954)
married Sonia Simms (nee Beresford Whyte) 1955
died 27.9.1972 |
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