SOE Birts, Ivor Watkins

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Birts ​

• FORENAME

Ivor Watkins ​

• UNIT

SOE ​

• RANK

Lieutenant Colonel ​

• NUMBER

132903 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

17th April 1944 ​

• AGE

34 ​

• GRAVESITE

Newquay (Fairpark) Cemetery,Cornwall C.of E. plot Cons.Grave 685 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Artillery​

born 11.1.1910 Kensington,London​

son of William Thomas Watkins and Lilian Grace (nee Stephens) Birts​

husband of Marie Josephine (nee Bain) Birts,Westminster,London​

brother of Kenneth Watkins Birts​

father of Carol and John Donald Watkins Birts​

graduated Oxford University (B.A.)​

barrister in civilian life​

Staff College,Loughborough 1940​

Staff College,Camberley 1941​

believed to be posted to Yugoslavia​

Warwick BV247 (525 Sq,RAF) exploded and crashed English Channel near Newquay,​

Cornwall ​

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