- SURNAME
Farmer
- FORENAME
John Hind
- UNIT
F Section SOE
- RANK
Major
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Military Cross,Croix de Guerre avec palmes (Fr)
- PLACE
France 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
British
born 12.1.1917 Kensington,London
son of Rev. William H. Farmer
John "Hine" Farmer (Times obituary)
educated Munich,Fribourg and Godinne,Belgium
educated Beaumont Jesuit College,Windsor,Berkshire
employed,Banque d'Angleterre,France 1936-39
enlisted Royal Artillery 1939
SOE 1944
fluent in French and German
trained as a Jedburgh
F Section
codename Hubert
Freelance Circuit (organiser)
parachuted into Auvergne,France April 1944
Diplomatic Service postwar (Vienna,Rome and Paris)
awarded Legion d'Honneur (France) 1996
married Alison Impey during war (dissolved) (1 son)
married Frances Fisher (predeceased him) (3 daughters)
partner of Margaret Steele since 1992 (died 2012)
died 29.10.2012 Switzerland
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