SOE Munthe, Malcolm Grane Ludovico Martin

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Munthe ​

• FORENAME

Malcolm Grane Ludovico Martin ​

• UNIT

1 Special Force SOE ​

• RANK

Captain (T/Major) ​

• NUMBER

113006 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross ​

• PLACE

Italy 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Gordon Highlanders​

born 30.1.1910 Sweden​

son of Axel Martin Fredrik and Hilda (nee Pennington-Mellor) Munthe​

Swedish father,English mother​

brought up in Sweden,Italy and Britain​

mother owned properties of Hellens,Herefordshire and Southside House,Wimbledon​

British Citizen 1939​

graduated London School of Economics​

Assistant to High Commissioner of the League of Nations prewar​

enlisted Gordon Highlanders​

Officer Training,Weedon Cavalry School​

commissioned 2Lt 16.12.1939​

MI(R) 1940​

Liaison Officer to Norwegian Army​

Mention in Despatches​

Assistant Military Attache,Sweden​

SN Section SOE 1941​

Force 133 SOE 1943​

SOE mission to Sicily 1943​

1 Special Force 1943​

WIA 6.2.1944 Italy​

wartime memoir "Sweet is War"​

curator of family homes postwar​

married RtHon Ann Felicity Rea 1945 (3 children)​

died 24.11.1995 Southside House,Wimbledon,London ​

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