SOE Turrall, Rupert Guy

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Turrall​

• FORENAME

Rupert Guy​

• UNIT

Force 136 SOE​

• RANK

T/Major​

• NUMBER

144081​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order​

• PLACE

Burma 1945​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Intelligence Corps​

born 27.10.1893 Devon​

educated Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School,Crediton,Devon​

educated Trinity College,Cambridge​

commissioned Royal Engineers 1914​

1 NZ Division 1915 (Dardanelles)​

99 Field Company,22 Division 1916-19 (T/Major)​

Mention in Despatches twice​

educated Trinity College,Cambridge​

graduated London University (B.Sc.)​

geophysicist​

Intelligence Corps 1939​

101 Mission,Ethiopia​

Sudan Frontier Force (3 Infantry Bn) February-September 1941 (Lt)​

WIA April 1941 Gulit Fort​

awarded M.C.​

Force 133 SOE 11.1.1942 (Crete)​

Sudan Frontier Force October 1942-October 1943​

Bladet Detachment,2nd Chindit Force 13.2.1944​

Force 136 SOE 19.9.1944​

Op.Hyena 1945​

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