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The Spearheaders: A Personal History of Darby's Rangers
By James Altieri
SOE Syllabus: Lessons in Ungentlemanly Warfare, World War II
By PRO Publications
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 32114" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Farmer </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John Hind </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>F Section SOE </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Major </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Military Cross,Croix de Guerre avec palmes (Fr) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>France 1944</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>British</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 12.1.1917 Kensington,London</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Rev. William H. Farmer</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>John "Hine" Farmer (Times obituary)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Munich,Fribourg and Godinne,Belgium</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Beaumont Jesuit College,Windsor,Berkshire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed,Banque d'Angleterre,France 1936-39</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted Royal Artillery 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SOE 1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>fluent in French and German</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>trained as a Jedburgh</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>F Section</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>codename Hubert</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Freelance Circuit (organiser) </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">parachuted into Auvergne,France April 1944</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Diplomatic Service postwar (Vienna,Rome and Paris)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">awarded Legion d'Honneur (France) 1996</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">married Alison Impey during war (dissolved) (1 son)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">married Frances Fisher (predeceased him) (3 daughters)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">partner of Margaret Steele since 1992 (died 2012)</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">died 29.10.2012 Switzerland</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-farmer.16723/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/16/16723-748660ef1dc29d2336ec6c9274da2429.jpg?1591399772" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/j-farmer.15822/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/15/15822-1349828b7ea539c2c145a05a9230b8ca.jpg?1591399531" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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