SOE Manderstam, Leopold Herman (Lev)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Manderstam​

• FORENAME

Leopold Herman (Lev)​

• UNIT

SOE Portugal Section​

• RANK

Captain​

• NUMBER

191200​

• AWARD

Member of the Order of the British Empire​

• PLACE

Africa 1943 (London Gazette 25.1.1945)​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

born 1903 Riga,Russia​

educated Russian schools​

served in Red Army​

emigrated to Britain ​

engineer,textile and oil business,Angola and Mozambique​

SOE Portugal Section (Africa) 1942-43​

captured a Vichy French ship​

D/P Section (Russian) 28.12.1943 (Head of Section 1.5.1944) (T/Major)​

author "From the Red Army to SOE"​

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