- SURNAME
Brook
- FORENAME
Ralph Ellis (Robin)
- UNIT
SOE
- RANK
Lieutenant Colonel
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Order of the British Empire,Mention in Despatches,etc
- PLACE
France 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 19.6.1908
educated Eton and King's College,Cambridge
International fencer (sabre)
British Champion 1936
Olympic Games 1936 and 1948
employed London discount market in civilian life
Ministry of Economic Warfare early in war
moved to SOE (France and Low Countries)
Rhine Army 1945 (Brigadier)
foreign awards :-
Legion d'Honneur (France)
Croix de Guerre (France and Belgium)
Legion of Merit (USA)
Director of Bank of England 1946-49
Deputy Chairman,Colonial Development Corporation 1949
SIS (MI6) 1949-late 1950s
merchant banker,etc postwar
married Helen 1937 (died 1997)
awarded CMG 1970s
died 25.10.1998
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