SIS Spooner, Alexander Patrick (Pat)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Spooner​

• FORENAME

Alexander Patrick (Pat)​

• UNIT

A Force (MI9)​

• RANK

Lieutenant (A/Captain)​

• NUMBER

IA 1222​

• AWARD

Member of the Order of the British Empire​

• PLACE

Italy 1943-44​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 2 Bn 8th Gurkha Rifles,Indian Army​

born 1920 Simla,India​

RMC Sandhurst September 1938​

commissioned 22.10.1939 as 2Lt Unattached List,Indian Army​

Officers' Training School,Belgaum,India​

2 Bn 8th Gurkha Rifles​

Middle East Intelligence School,Helwan,Egypt April 1942​

Intelligence Officer,20th Indian Infantry Brigade 16.5.1942​

POW 17.6.1942 near Tobruk​

escaped from Italy 11.9.1943​

A Force (MI9) October 1943​

E Group (MI9) May 1944 - 1945​

No 2 War Crimes Investigation Unit December 1945-August 1947​

Royal Army Ordnance Corps​

H/Lt Colonel,Indian Army​

Intelligence Corps (Captain A/Major 415742) 10.11.1950​

Lieutenant Colonel 1951​

Head Office of Hudson's Bay Co.,London​

Midwest Manager,British Travel Association,Chicago,USA 1956-60​

General Manager,British-American Chamber of Commerce,New York 1960​

Professional Director of Fundraising,England 1970-90 (retired)​

married Frances Dunlop 1951 (2 children Christopher and Caroline)​

author of "A Talent for Adventure" (2012)​

died 4.10.2014​

cremated Surrey​

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