JEDBURGH Marchant, John Jenner

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John Robertson

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Marchant​

  • FORENAME
John Jenner​

  • UNIT
S.O.E. Jedburgh Team Felix​

  • RANK
T/Captain​
​

  • NUMBER
129260​

  • AWARD
Mention in Despatches (x2),Croix de Guerre avec palme (Fr)​

  • PLACE
France 1944 (MiD,CdG) Burma 1945 (MiD)​

  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
    parent unit Wiltshire Regiment
    born 24.1.1920 London
    educated Aldenham School
    commissioned Wiltshire Regiment (2Lt) 26.4.1940
  • Auxiliary Units (Intelligence Officer)
  • SOE October 1943
    instructor,Milton Hall
    Jedburgh Team Felix 1944
    codename Somerset
    SOE Force 136 1945
    parachguted into Burma january 1945
    demobilised 1946
    farmer in Oxfordshire postwar
    married Elizabeth Hermione a Court Ratliffe 1947 (4 sons)
    died 19.1.2013
 
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