SAS Tupet, Edgar

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Tupet ​

• FORENAME

Edgar ​

• UNIT

3 SAS (2 Squadron + 2 Company) ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Military Cross,etc ​

• PLACE

France and Holland 1944-45 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 19.4.1920 Bourg-la-Reine,Seine​

educated l'Ecole Superieure de Theologie,Reims​

8 Regiment de Zouaves 1939​

Sergeant September 1939​

POW 4.6.1940 Dunkerque​

escaped 10.6.1940​

BCRA 1941​

Detachment des Antilles (2 Compagnie) February 1943​

4 Bn Parachutistes,Camberley August 1943 (Lt)​

3 Regiment de Chasseurs Parachutistes (2 Compagnie) January 1944​

3 SAS (2 Squadron) 1944​

Op.Derry​

Op.Abel​

WIA August 1944 France​

3 SAS (2 Company) 1945​

Op.Amherst​

alias Tom Thome​

awards​

Commandeur de la Legion d'Honneur​

Compagnon de la Liberation​

Croix de Guerre​

M.C. (GB)​

King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom (GB)​

Chevalier de l'Ordre d'Orange Nassau (Holland) ​

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