SOE Davies, James Thomas Mann (Jim)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Davies ​

• FORENAME

James Thomas Mann (Jim) ​

• UNIT

Force 133 SOE + No 1 Special Force SOE ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Military Cross,Member of the British Empire (Mil) ​

• PLACE

Greece 1943-44 (MBE) Italy 1944-45 (MC) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Engineers​

born 1.1.1914 Bushey,Hertfordshire​

educated Aldenham and Pembroke College,Oxford​

employed Bombay Burma Trading Corporation in civilian life​

Government Service,Burma 1941​

commissioned R.E. (52 Lowland Division) 1942​

Force 133 SOE 1943-44​

No 1 Special Force SOE 1944-45​

Allied Military Governor,Rho,Piedmont,Italy 1945​

postwar career with ICI​

married Wendy Gillbanks 1951 (died 1995) (3 children)​

died 28.2.2003 ​

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