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The Next Moon
By Ewen Southby-Tailyour, Andre Hue
Dam Busters: The Race to Smash the Dams, 1943
By James Holland
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 30384" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Richards </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Francis Brooks </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SOE </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant + Lieutenant Commander </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Distinguished Service Cross and bar,Mention in Despatches,etc </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>North Africa 1942 (DSC) France 1943 (bar DSC) Corsica 1944 (MiD) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 18.7.1918</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Stowe</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Magdalene College,Cambridge</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>joined RNVR 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>HMS Sevra (sunk November 1940) (Mention in Despatches)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SOE 1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>shipment of agents and arms to Brittany,vessel "Mutin" (later operated out of Gibraltar)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Brandon,North Africa 1942 (DSC)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Liaison work with French Resistance,South of France 1943 (bar to DSC)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Head of French Section SOE Algiers 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded Legion d'Honneur and Croix de Guerre (France) for above</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Resistance group,Corsica 1944 (Mention in Despatches)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>joined Royal Naval Reserve 1945</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>British Embassy,Paris 1945-47 (to wind up SOE ops in France)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Foreign Office 1948-1978</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>CMG 1963</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>KCMK 1976</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Hazel Williams 1941 (died 2000)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>father-in-law LtCol.Stanley Price Williams,Indian Army also served SOE</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 13.9.2002</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>IMAGES:</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-b-richards.3154/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/3/3154-f4601bb2d9dc27801acce4b4d0ba4afc.jpg?1591383684" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-b-richards.9784/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/9/9784-2a08888cc2be4fe7d563a04eb009b595.jpg?1591389641" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 30384, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Richards [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Francis Brooks [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]SOE [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Lieutenant + Lieutenant Commander [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Distinguished Service Cross and bar,Mention in Despatches,etc [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]North Africa 1942 (DSC) France 1943 (bar DSC) Corsica 1944 (MiD) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]parent unit Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 18.7.1918[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Stowe[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Magdalene College,Cambridge[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]joined RNVR 1939[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]HMS Sevra (sunk November 1940) (Mention in Despatches)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]SOE 1941[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]shipment of agents and arms to Brittany,vessel "Mutin" (later operated out of Gibraltar)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Op.Brandon,North Africa 1942 (DSC)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Liaison work with French Resistance,South of France 1943 (bar to DSC)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Head of French Section SOE Algiers 1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]awarded Legion d'Honneur and Croix de Guerre (France) for above[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Resistance group,Corsica 1944 (Mention in Despatches)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]joined Royal Naval Reserve 1945[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]British Embassy,Paris 1945-47 (to wind up SOE ops in France)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Foreign Office 1948-1978[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]CMG 1963[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]KCMK 1976[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married Hazel Williams 1941 (died 2000)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]father-in-law LtCol.Stanley Price Williams,Indian Army also served SOE[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died 13.9.2002[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]IMAGES:[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-b-richards.3154/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/3/3154-f4601bb2d9dc27801acce4b4d0ba4afc.jpg?1591383684[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/f-b-richards.9784/"][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/9/9784-2a08888cc2be4fe7d563a04eb009b595.jpg?1591389641[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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