SOE Cadogan, Christopher Michael (Kit)

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Cadogan
  • FORENAME
Christopher Michael (Kit)
  • UNIT
SOE
  • RANK
Captain
  • NUMBER
117413
  • DATE OF DEATH
23rd June 1941
  • AGE
24
  • GRAVESITE
Brookwood Memorial,Surrey Panel 12 Column 3
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Berkshire Regiment
born 4.2.1917 Gloucestershire
resided Gloucestershire
son of Commander Francis Charles and Ruth Evelyn Cadogan,Quenington,
Gloucestershire
husband of Stella (nee Zilliacus) Cadogan (married 11.7.1940)
educated Eton and Cambridge University
barrister in civilian life
Liberal Candidate for Bury St Edmunds 1939
11 Military Mission (Phantom) and GHQ Liaison Unit (Phantom) (left July 1940)
joined SOE July 1940
on return from Special Mission to Turkey,Turkish ship sunk by U-Boat near Cyprus
farewell letter reads :-
"Do not grieve too much about my dying.I have done a little already in this life but there is a huge amount still to be done. Remember that the world will get better if people behave in a decent Christian way to each other"
 

DATE OF DEATH:

23-Jun-1941
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