SOE Lippmann, Olaf Lund (Ole)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Lippmann ​

• FORENAME

Olaf Lund (Ole)​

• UNIT

SD Section SOE ​

• RANK

T/Captain + Major​

• NUMBER
  329001

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order,Member of the Order of the British Empire,Legion of Merit (degree of Officer) (US)​

• PLACE

Denmark 1945​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)​

born 15.4.1916 Copenhagen,Denmark​

educated Niels Brocks Commercial College​

employed Simonsen and Weels,surgical equipment business in civilian life​

Danish Resistance 1943-44​

to UK via Sweden July 1944​

SOE 1944-45 (Chief Organiser,Denmark)​

to Denmark via Sweden February 1945​

postwar owner of Simonsen and Weels​

MBE upgraded to OBE (date ?)​

died 3.9.2002 Copenhagen​

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