SOE Burdeyron, Noel Fernand Raoul

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Burdeyron ​

• FORENAME

Noel Fernand Raoul ​

• UNIT

F Section SOE ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

183051 ​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches ​

• PLACE

France (London Gazette 25.6.1946) ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

French​

parent unit General List​

born 25.12.1906​

husband of Estelle Burdeyron (1 daughter Estelle)​

head waiter,Dorchester Hotel,London in civilian life​

family moved to Deauville,Normandy 1940​

French Army 1940​

General List (Lt)​

SOE F Section 1941​

codename Gaston​

alias Norman Frank Burley​

Autogyro Circuit (w/t operator)​

arrested 7.5.1942​

arrived Colditz 8.1.1944​

released 1945​

settled in Shepherd's Bush,London postwar​

his wife awarded King George VI Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom for work with Resistance as courier,Calvados ​

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