SOE Fleming, Peter

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Fleming ​

• FORENAME

Robert Peter​

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• UNIT

SOE Head of strategic deception,S.E. Asia Command ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

• AWARD

Officer of the Order of the British Empire ​

• PLACE

1945 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 31.5.1907 27 Green Street,Park Lane,London​

son of Valentine Fleming,M.P. (KIA 1917) and Evelyn Beatrice (nee Ste Croix) Fleming​

brother of Ian Fleming (James Bond author)​

educated Eton College and Christ Church,Oxford (graduated 1929)​

adventurer and travel writer​

Grenadier Guards and MI(R) 1939-41​

Auxiliary Units 1940​

training post-invasion Norwegian force in Kent​

served Cairo and Greece​

ran a street fighting course in London​

SOE Head of "D" Division 1942​

SOE Head of strategic deception,S.E. Asia Command 1944-45​

served in Delhi,India and Chungking,China​

resigned as Colonel 1945​

married Celia Johnson (actress) December 1935 (died 1982) (3 children)​

died 9.8.1971 Black Mount,Argyllshire​

Nettlebed Churchyard,Oxfordshire​

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