SAS Blondeel, Edouard (Eddy)

[John Robertson]

• 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 ​

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• OBITUARY

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