- SURNAME
Brown
- FORENAME
Oliver Haward
- UNIT
SOE Jedburgh Team Alastair
- RANK
T/Major
- NUMBER
132260
- AWARD
Officer of the Order of the British Empire,Mention in Despatches,Legion dHonneur (Fr)
- PLACE
France 1944 (MiD,LdH) Far East 1945 (OBE)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
born 2.3.1914 Paris,France
educated Brighton College
Buffs 1939-41 (2Lt)
joined SOE 1941
Chief Instructor Milton Hall,Peterborough (Jedburghs)
Jedburgh Team Alastair 1944
codename Kent
C.O. SOE training camp near Colombo,Ceylon (Jedburghs) 1945
awarded Netherlands Resistance Memorial Cross 1984 for traing Dutch agents during the war
bank manager postwar
died 2.7.2005
born 2.3.1914 Paris,France
educated Brighton College
Buffs 1939-41 (2Lt)
joined SOE 1941
Chief Instructor Milton Hall,Peterborough (Jedburghs)
Jedburgh Team Alastair 1944
codename Kent
C.O. SOE training camp near Colombo,Ceylon (Jedburghs) 1945
awarded Netherlands Resistance Memorial Cross 1984 for traing Dutch agents during the war
bank manager postwar
died 2.7.2005
