SOE Churchill, William Oliver

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Churchill

  • FORENAME
William Oliver

  • UNIT
No 1 Special Force SOE

  • RANK
T/Captain

  • NUMBER
    96284

  • AWARD
Distinguished Service Order,Military Cross

  • PLACE
Italy 1944-45

  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Worcestershire Regiment
born 11.10.1914 Stockholm,Sweden
son of William Algernon and Violet (nee Myers) Churchill
resided Malvern,Worcestershire
educated Stowe School
educated King's College,Cambridge
commissioned 2Lt Worcestershire Regiment (T.A.) 2.9.1939
WS Lt and T/Captain 4.10.1940 WS Captain 12.11.1944 Major 1945 Honorary Major T.A.R.O. April 1946 - 10.10.1964
SOE 1941-45
alias Anthony Peters
architect postwar
married Ruth Briggs (formerly served at Bletchley Park)
died January 1997 Cambridge

 
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