JEDBURGH Hood, Ernest Hugo Meggeson

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hood​

• FORENAME

Ernest Hugo Meggeson​

• UNIT

S.O.E. Jedburgh Team Paul + JTs Burma​

• RANK

T/Major​

• NUMBER

70595​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order,Mention in Despatches,Croix de Guerre​

• PLACE

France 1944 (MiD,CdG) Burma 1945 (DSO)​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Somerset Light Infantry​

born 27.8.1915 Burnby,Yorkshire​

father KIA September 1915 Western Front​

educated Wellington College (completed OTC 1933) 1929-33​

educated Emmanuel College,Cambridge 1934-36​

gamesmaster/assistant schoolmaster,St Dunstan's School,Somerset May 1937 - August 1939​

Supplementary Reserve Officer's Commission (SRO) February 1937​

Somerset Light Infantry November 1939​

SOE July 1943 (Captain)​

Cairo HQ 1943​

Yugoslav Branch September 1943​

JT Paul 1944​

codename Shropshire​

Burma 1945 (Force 136)​

Teams Cheetah,Zebra and Mongoose March 1945 - 4.12.1945​

Lieutenant Colonel 1945​

housemaster,Scarborough College postwar​

died 1.8.1968​

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