- SURNAME
Davidson
- FORENAME
Basil Risbridger
- UNIT
1 Special Force SOE
- RANK
T/Major
- NUMBER
70332
- AWARD
Military Cross,Bronze Star (US)
- PLACE
Italy 1944-45
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit General List
born 9.11.1914 Bristol (as Basil Risbridger)
changed his surname when his father died and his mother remarried
educated Kelly College,Tavistock,Devon
SIS (Section D) October 1939
SOE Hungary 1940-41
Chief of SOE Yugoslav Section,Cairo late 1942-mid 1943
SOE Yugoslavia August 1943-November 1944 (Captain)
SOE Liaison Officer with Italian Partisans,Liguria (1 Special Force) (Major - A/LtColonel)
journalist postwar
author of books on Africa
married Marion (3 sons)
died 9.7.2010
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