JEDBURGH Trofimov, Aubrey Alwyn Edgar (Troff)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Trofimov ​

• FORENAME

Aubrey Alwyn Edgar (Troff) ​

• UNIT

SOE Jedburgh Team Guy + Team Mongoose ​

• RANK

T/Captain + Major ​

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• NUMBER
  292510

• AWARD

Military Cross,Mention in Despatches (x2),Croix de Guerre (Fr) ​

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• PLACE

France 1944 (MiD,CdG) Burma 1945 (M.C.,MiD)​

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• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Artillery​

born 7.12.1921 Manchester​

Russian father,British mother​

educated College du Sacre Coeur,Menton,France​

educated Queen Elizabeth Grammar School,Ashbourne,Derbyshire​

architecture student at Manchester University in civilian life​

Gunner,Royal Artillery October 1941​

Catterick School of Signals​

commissioned 2 Lt R.A. 4.9.1943​

148/170 Field Regiment​

SOE April 1943-45​

graduated Manchester Univesity​

architect postwar​

married Jean Halliwell 1949 (2 sons)​

died 6.5.2006 ​

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