SOE Benson, Henry Alexander

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Benson​

• FORENAME

Henry Alexander​

• UNIT

SOE London​

• RANK

Major​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Commander of the Order of the British Empire​

• PLACE

WW2​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Grenadier Guards​

born 2.8.1909 Johannesburg,South Africa​

son of Alexander Stanley and Florence Mary (nee Cooper) Benson​

educated Parktown Boys' High School,South Africa (matriculated 1925)​

moved to UK 1926​

articled clerk​

qualified as Associate Chartered Accountant 1932​

partner,Cooper Brothers and Co 1934​

commissioned 2Lt Grenadier Guards​

SOE 1942-44 (Major)​

stationed in New York October 1944​

Ministry of Supply (Director of Operations (Accounts)) 1944-45 (Colonel + A/Brigadier)​

helped close down SOE end of 1945​

partner,Cooper Brothers postwar​

partner,Cooper and Lybrand 1.1.1957​

Chairman of Royal Commission of Legal Services 1976​

adviser to the Governor of the Bank of England 1975-83​

awards C.B.E. 1946 Kt 1964 G.B.E. 1971 ​

created Baron Benson 1981​

married Anne Virginia Macleod 2.9.1939 (3 children Peter,Michael and Phyllida)​

died 5.3.1995 Chichester,Sussex​

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