SOE Porter, Ivor Forsyth

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Porter ​

• FORENAME

Ivor Forsyth ​

• UNIT

SOE Romania ​

• RANK

T/Captain ​

• NUMBER

297747 ​

• AWARD

Officer of the Order of the British Empire ​

• PLACE

Romania 1943-44 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

born 12.11.1913​

grew up Lake District​

educated Barrow-in-Furness Grammar School​

graduated Leeds University (Ph.D)​

lecturer,Bucharest University​

British Council,Bucharest,Romania 1939​

British Legation,Bucharest until 12.2.1941​

SOE 1.3.1941​

parachuted into Romania December 1943 (Op.Autonomous)​

arrested next day​

released 23.8.1944​

Foreign Office May 1946​

London​

Washington,D.C.​

UK Delegation to the U.N.​

Cyprus​

India​

Ambassador to Senegal​

Ambassador to the Arms Control Committee,Geneva​

appointed C.M.G. 1960s​

awarded Cross of the Royal House of Romania 2008​

author "Operation Autonomous:With SOE in Wartime Romania" (1989)​

married Ann Speares 1951 (dissolved 1961)​

married Katerina Cholerton 1961 (2 children)​

died 29.5.2012​

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