- SURNAME
Verhaegen
- FORENAME
Henri Paul
- UNIT
T Section SOE
- RANK
Captain
- NUMBER
244284
- DATE OF DEATH
8th January 1944
- AGE
22
- GRAVESITE
Bedford Cemetery (repatriated to Mortsel-Dorp,south of Antwerpen,Belgium)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit General List
"Verhaegem" (CWGC) - error
born 28.7.1921
son of Leo and Octavie (nee Van Thillo) Verhaegen
parents were sent to German concentration camp (mother died)
resided Merrymaise,Cliff Road,Holland-on-Sea,Essex
joined SOE as Sergeant,Belgian Army
codename Rhomboid
w/t operator
WIA and arrested 8.2.1942
escaped same day,killing his guard
award D.C.M.,Croix de Guerre (Belgium)
promoted Captain,British Army
conducting officer
codename Thersites
w/t operator
RAF Halifax LK743 (138 Squadron) crashed 0115 hours at Tetworth Hill,near Bedford,England
DATE OF DEATH:
08-Jan-1944WEB LINKS:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124693508/henri-paul-verhaegen
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