JEDBURGH Carew, Thomas Arthur (Tom)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Carew ​

• FORENAME

Thomas Arthur (Tom) ​

• UNIT

SOE Jedburgh Team Basil + Jedburgh (Force 136) ​

• RANK

Captain (T/Major) ​

• NUMBER

95064 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order,Mention in Despatches,Croix de Guerre (France) ​

• PLACE

France 1944 (MiD,CdG) Burma 1945 (DSO) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Artillery​

born 25.11.1919 Dublin​

educated Perse School,Cambridge​

graduated RMA,Woolwich​

Royal Artillery (2Lt) 1938​

SOE​

Jedburgh Team Basil​

codename Sutherland​

Force 136 (Jedburgh team) 1945​

Royal Artllery 1946​

6th Airborne Division (Palestine) 1946​

instructor,Mons Officer Cadet School,Aldershot​

intelligence officer,Trieste​

retired as Lt Colonel 1958​

boat builder​

set up his own management consultancy​

retired to France​

married Margot Goodchild during war (dissolved)​

married Jane Suckling 1953 (dissolved) (4 children)​

married Jill Strahan 1975 (predeceased him)​

died 16.2.2009 ​

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