SOE Barnes, Cecil Edward (Tom)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Barnes ​

• FORENAME

Cecil Edward (Tom) ​

• UNIT

SOE Military Mission to Greek Resistance Army ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

38289 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross ​

• PLACE

Greece 1942 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit New Zealand Engineers​

born 30.1.1907 New Zealand​

civil engineer in civilian life​

21 Mechanical Equipment Company 1941 (Lt)​

into Greece 1.10.1941​

later Lieutenant Colonel D.S.O.,M.C.,Mention in Despatches​

died 22.6.1952 Victoria,Australia (accident) ​

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[Rosalind Stephens]

Blew up Gorgopotamos Bridge November 25-26 1942. Disrupted vital supply line in occupied Greece. Germans did not repair viaduct for 6 weeks and from then on the trains had to travel at a reduced speed. Tom was part of Operation Harling.

 

[toj]

Have you read Denys Hamson's book? I have re-edited it for Trinity College, Cambridge and probably know as much about all this as anyone.

tje@easynet.co.uk