SOE Villiers, Charles English Hyde

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Villiers​

• FORENAME

Charles English Hyde​

• UNIT

1 Special Force SOE​

• RANK

Captain​

• NUMBER

68823​

• AWARD

Military Cross​

• PLACE

Italy 1943-44​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Grenadier Guards​

born 14.8.1912​

son of Algernon Hyde and Beatrix Elinor (nee Paul) Villiers​

father was KIA 23.11.1917 Age 31 as Lt Lothians and Border Horse,attached M.G.C.​

educated St Cyprian's School​

educated Eton​

educated New College,Oxford​

commissioned Grenadier Guards 1936​

SOE 1943-45​

Managing Director,Helbert Wagg from 1948​

Managing Director,J. Henry Schroder Wagg 1968-71​

Director of Courtaulds,Sun and Life Assurance and Bass Charrington​

Chairman,Guinness Mahon 1971-76​

Chairman,British Steel 1976-80​

Knighted 1975​

married Pamela Constance Flower 9.6.1938 (died) (2 sons Nicholas and Robert)​

married Countess Marie Jose de la Barre d'Erquelinnes 26.10.1946 (died 2015) (2 daughters Diana and Anne) (served Belgian Resistance)​

died 22.1.1992​

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