SOE Leigh Fermor, Patrick Michael (Paddy)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Leigh Fermor ​

• FORENAME

Patrick Michael (Paddy) ​

• UNIT

Force 133 SOE ​

• RANK

Lieutenant + Captain ​

• NUMBER

143448 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order,Officer of the Order of the British Empire ​

• PLACE

Crete 1943 (OBE) Crete 1944 (DSO) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Intelligence Corps​

born 11.2.1915 London (or India - "Times" obituary)​

son of Sir Lewis and Eileen (nee Ambler) Leigh Fermor​

educated King's School,Canterbury​

travel author prewar​

enlisted Irish Guards 1939​

RMA Sandhurst​

Intelligence Corps 1940 (Lt)​

SOE (Greek Liaison Officer)​

Major 1943​

Special Allied Airborne Reconnaissance Force 1945​

postwar British Council (Deputy Director,British Institute,Athens)​

married Hon.Joan Elizabeth Rayner (nee Eyres Monsell) 1968 (died 2003) (no children)​

daughter of Viscount Monsell​

Knighted February 2004​

died 10.6.2011 ​

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