JEDBURGH Verlander, Henry Arthur (Harry)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Verlander ​

• FORENAME

Henry Arthur (Harry) ​

• UNIT

SOE Jedburgh Team Harold + Team Walrus​

• RANK

Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

6856995 ​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches,Croix de Guerre with gilt star (France) ​

• PLACE

France 1944 (CdG) Burma 1945 (MiD)​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Armoured Corps​

born 27.12.1925 Bromley-by-Bow,London​

educated Mayfield Secondary School​

grinder,Essex Water Softeners until March 1942​

Home Guard (B Company,12 Bn,K Zone) 15.1.1941​

enlisted 19.3.1942 Romford,Essex​

King's Royal Rifle Corps (70 Bn) 26.3.1942 (Rifleman 6856995)​

K.R.R.C. (Young Soldiers Bn)​

Royal Armoured Corps 12.11.1942 (Trooper 6856995)​

SOE 1943​

Lance Sergeant December 1943​

Jedburgh Team Harold​

w/t operator​

codename Sligo​

Force 136 SOE​

Team Walrus (Op. Character)​

5 Bn Gold Coast Regiment December 1945 (Sgt)​

R.A.C. 1946​

demobilised 28.5.1947​

employed,British Railways Continental Services,London April 1948​

married Lucette December 1947 (divorced 1981)​

married Dominique (died 1987)​

married Elizabeth Hill 1993​

no children​

author "My War in SOE" (2010)​

died 11.4.2015​

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