SOE Basin, Francois Marcel

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Basin ​

• FORENAME

Francois Marcel ​

• UNIT

F Section SOE ​

• RANK

T/Captain ​

• NUMBER

183046 ​

• AWARD

Member of the Order of the British Empire (Mil),Croix de Guerre (Fr),Medaille de la Resistance Francaise ​

• PLACE

France ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

French​

born 6.8.1903 Grasse,France​

son of Antoine and Elise (nee Vernin) Basin​

enlisted British Army August 1940 (Private Queens Regiment (Royal West Surrey))​

SOE December 1940​

commissioned 2 Lt General List 29.3.1941​

Lieutenant 14.7.1941​

codename Olive​

Urchin Circuit (organiser) ​

arrested 18.8.1942 Cannes​

released 29.11.1942​

returned to England 20.8.1943​

instructor,Beaulieu STS​

HQ F Section,London​

BCRA 19.9.1944​

died 20.10.1975 Paris,France​

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