- SURNAME
Blondeel
- FORENAME
Edouard (Eddy)
- UNIT
5 SAS (Commanding Officer)
- RANK
Lieutenant Colonel
- NUMBER
32547
- AWARD
Distinguished Service Order
- PLACE
Belgium 1944
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 25.1.1906 Ghent, Belgium
educated Deutsche Schule, Ghent
educated Ghent University
Commissioner of Scouts, Flanders prewar
engineer and medical student
educated University of Brussels
educated North Western University of Chicago, Illinois
Captain of Reserve
training in Canada
Belgian Independent Parachute Squadron 1943
5 SAS (CO) (Lt-Col) 1944-45
married Elza Francisca Van Gor 1932 (2 daughters)
awards
D.S.O. (GB)
Legion d'Honneur (France)
died 23.5.2000 Brussels, Belgium
WEB LINKS:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7404679 (DSO)NATIONAL ARCHIVES:
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7404679 (DSO)
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