- SURNAME
vanMaurik
- FORENAME
Ernest Henri
- UNIT
Head of SOE Station,Berne,Switzerland
- RANK
Major (A/Lieutenant Colonel)
- NUMBER
105139
- AWARD
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Mil)
- PLACE
WW2 (london Gazette 21.2.1946)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Wiltshire Regiment
born 24.8.1916
son of Justus and Mrs van Maurik
Dutch father,English mother
educated Lancing College
enlisted Artists' Rifles (TA) 1936
commissioned Wiltshire Regiment 2.9.1939
Commando Special Training Scool,Lochailort 1940
instructor,SOE STS Garramore and Camusdarach 1941
France 1942 (alias Patterson)
Head of SOE Station,Berne,Switzerland 1943
Foreign Service postwar
appointed Chevalier e la Legion d'Honneur (France) 2002
trustee of Special Forces Club
"Ernest Henry" (London Gazette and Times Obituary)
married Winifred Hay (his FANY secretary at SOE HQ) 1945 (1 son,1 daughter)
his wife predeceased him
died 21.1.2012
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