SOE Ansell, William Frank Harding

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Ansell​

• FORENAME

William Frank Harding​

• UNIT

Force 136 SOE​

• RANK

T/Captain​

• NUMBER

10753​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches​

• PLACE

Burma 1945​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 2 Bn Burma Rifles​

born 13.6.1923 Devoran, Cornwall (or Truro)​

son of Frank Harding and Henrietta (nee Andrewartha) Ansell​

resided Penzance, Cornwall 1939​

Private (unit ?)​

emergency commission, Indian Army 22.8.1943​

SOE Op.Character (Team Ferret) 24.2.1945 - 22.10.1945​

graduated Liverpool University 1960 (PhD)​

zoologist​

Provincial Game Officer, Northern Rhodesia 1960​

author of several books​

5 creatures named after him​

married Mary C.D. Thomas 1951 (b.1931)​

died 1996 Penzance, Cornwall​