JEDBURGH Maude, John Christopher Clapham

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Maude ​

• FORENAME

John Christopher Clapham ​

• UNIT

S.O.E. Jedburgh Team Nicholas ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

76264​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches,Croix de Guerre (France) ​

• PLACE

France 1944 (CdG) Germany 1945 (MiD) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit King's Shropshire Light Infantry​

born 27.5.1920 Manchester​

educated Haileybury School,Hertford​

commissioned 1938 KSLI​

awarded M.C. 1940 (2Lt) for France (WIA)​

1 Bn Parachute Regiment 1943​

SOE 1944​

Jedburgh Team Nicholas 1944​

codename Leicester​

farmer postwar​

married Diana Davenport (also SOE) 1945 (died) (3 daughters)​

married Bridget Battersby 1973 (died)​

died 17.10.2010 ​

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