SOE Bourne, Harold Edward

John Robertson

Administrator
Staff member
  • SURNAME
Bourne

  • FORENAME
Harold Edward

  • UNIT
Force 136

  • RANK
T/Captain

  • NUMBER
262292

  • AWARD
Militay Cross

  • PLACE
Burma 1945

  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit East Yorkshire Regiment
born 19.12.1909 Aldershot,Hampshire
son of Edward Albert and Lilian Eliza Green (nee Gloog) Bourne
father died 19.6.1916 Egypt as Sergeant (19319) 6 Bn East Yorkshire Regiment
joined Army age 18
Coldstream Guards
Sudan 1932,Egypt 1933,BEF France 1939-40
commissioned 2Lt East Yorkshire Regiment 6.2.1943
SOE 21.9.1943
instructor
Jedburgh in Far East 1944
Op.Character 1945
married Helen Christine Dealtry 1937 (died 1951) (1 son William)
married Dorothy Hilda Hayward (1920-2004) (1 daughter Bridget)
died 24.11.1973 Malvern,Worcestershire

 
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