ARMY CDOS Lane, George Henry

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Lane
  • FORENAME
George Henry
  • UNIT
10 Commando (1 Troop + X Troop)
  • RANK
Sergeant + Lieutenant
  • NUMBER
13802871 + 285687
  • AWARD
Military Cross,Military Medal
  • PLACE
France 1944
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)
true name Lanyi,Dyuri
born 18.1.1915 Hungary
elder son of Ernest Lanyi
family moved to Budapest
to England 1935
educated Christ Church College,Oxford
educated London University
Pioneer Corps (Private - Sgt)
SOE (Private)
4 Commando
10 Commando
POW May 1944
POW,Schloss Spangenberg
liberated 1945
attained rank of Captain
farmer,Ashton Wold,Northamptonshire
stockbroker,New York 1955
opened London office,Economic News Agency
married Miriam Louisa Rothschild 1943 (died 20.1.2005) (6 children) (dissolved 1957)
married Elizabeth Heald 1963
died 19.3.2010
 
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