SOE Goldsmith, John Gilbert

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Goldsmith ​

• FORENAME

John Gilbert ​

• UNIT

F Section ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

241046 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order,Military Cross,Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur (Fr),Croix de Guerre (France) ​

• PLACE

France 1943-44​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

born 15.8.1909 Paris,France​

son of Harold Goldsmith​

racehorse trainer,Oxfordshire prewar​

tank instructor,Salisbury Plain​

SOE​

codename Valentin​

alias Jean Delannoy​

Attorney Circuit (organiser)​

arrested June 1943 Paris​

escaped and arrived Britain September 1943​

returned to France 1944​

died 1.1.1972 ​

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