SOE Dodds-Parker, Arthur Douglas

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Dodds-Parker ​

• FORENAME

Arthur Douglas ​

• UNIT

Commander of SOE Operations in Western and Central Mediterranean ​

• RANK

Colonel ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Mention in Despatches,Legion dHonneur (Fr),Croix de Guerre (Fr) ​

• PLACE

Italy and France 1943-44 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Grenadier Guards​

born 5.7.1909 Oxford​

educated Winchester and Magdalen College,Oxford​

Sudan Political Service 1930-39​

commissioned Grenadier Guards 1939​

Military Intelligence 1940​

SOE July 1940​

ops in Sudan 1940-41​

transport organiser for insertion of SOE agents from Norway to France 1941​

stationed SOE Algiers 1942​

Commander of SOE operations in Western and Central Mediterranean 1943-44​

Athens December 1944​

SHAEF 1945​

Conservative politician 1945-74​

married Aileen Woods (widow) 1946 (1 son and 1 stepson)​

memoir "Setting Europe Ablaze" (1983)​

died 13.9.2006 London​

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