SAS Astor, Francis David Langhorne (the Hon.) (David)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Astor ​

• FORENAME

Francis David Langhorne (the Hon.) (David) ​

• UNIT

HQ SAS Brigade ​

• RANK

Captain + Major ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Croix de Guerre (France) ​

• PLACE

Normandy 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Marines​

born 5.3.1912 London​

2nd son of Waldorf,2nd Viscount and Nancy Astor​

brother of the Hon.John Jacob Astor of Phantom Signals​

educated Eton and Balliol College,Oxford​

commissioned R.M. 1940​

O.C.SAS HQ in Paris 1945 with Leading Wren Joan Forty (formerly of HQ​

Combined Ops)​

WIA 1944 France​

editor of The Observer postwar​

created Companion of Honour 1994​

married Melanie Hauser 1945 (dissolved) (1 daughter)​

married Bridget Wreford 1952 (5 children)​

died 6.12.2001 ​

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