JEDBURGH Coombe-Tennant, Augustus Henry Serocold

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Coombe-Tennant​

• FORENAME

Augustus Henry Serocold​

• UNIT

S.O.E. Jedburgh Team Andrew​

• RANK

T/Major​

• NUMBER

65371​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches​

• PLACE

France 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Welsh Guards​

born 9.4.1913 Vale of Neath,Glamorgan​

known as Henry​

resided 41 Broke Street,London​

son of Charles and Winifred Coombe-Tennant​

biological son of Rt Hon Gerald William Balfour​

educated Eton College​

educated Trinity College,Cambridge​

commissioned 2Lt General List 5.7.1935​

2 Bn Welsh Guards (Captain) 1940​

POW 25.5.1940​

escaped 1942​

awarded M.C. 7.1.1943​

Staff College​

SOE Planning Staff,London 1943 ​

Jedburgh Team Andrew​

codename Rupel​

MI6 postwar​

died 1989​

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