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| Full Name | Maurice Alexander Gordon Cadell |
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| Rank | Lieutenant |
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| Date of Birth | 24.11.1913 Chelsea, London, UK |
| Date of Death | 07.07.1951 Ireland from liver failure |
| Gravesite | Faugheen Graveyard, Carrick on Suir (Cooney Family Plot) |
| Father | Judge |
| Mother | Mrs (nee Gordon-Shaw) Cadell |
| Enlisted | 26.10.1939 Mill Hill, London |
| Military | Officer Cadet Training Unit until 19.10.1940 commissioned 2Lt,Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 19.10.1940 service number 151843 WS Lt 19.04.1942 8 Bn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 1942-43 award M.C. for North Africa 1943 T/Captain 28.02.1943 served with SOE (probably 1 Special Force,Italy) PPA (B Patrol) 14.04.1945 (Lt) (2 weeks with PPA) WIA 29.04.1945 Dolo, Italy Regimental Unemployed List (A&SH) April 1946 |
| Married | Kathleen Mary Cooney in 1941 she remarried - Sir Edward Lindsay-Hogg 1957 |
| Further Information | aircraft engineer student qualified as pilot 24.4.1934 London Aeroplane Club (Flying Certicate 11827) Grand Prix racing driver 1936 General O'Duffy's Irish Brigade (Spanish Civil War) 1936-39 joined Ailtiri na hAiseirighe (ultra-Nationalist Movement,Ireland) resided Fair Green, Carrick on Suir, Co.Tipperary, Eire |
CITATION:
Military Cross (whilst serving Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) : On 10 Mar 1943 this officer was detailed to patrol the ravine 303496 and destroy enemy patrols, cutting telephone lines or attacking pack tpt supplying forward coys. He took out his patrol at dark and at 0300 hrs, brought them in again without having contacted enemy. About dawn 11 Mar he returned to his task taking only one N.C.O. Cpl. Williamson to cover the same ground in daylight.
At about 0715 hrs. they saw a German patrol of six men approaching and laid themselves in ambush. At 200 yds. range they fired their Bren Gun and killed two enemy. The other four took cover in a fold in the field of beans and opened fire with a 42mm Machine Gun and Automatics. Capt. Cadell and Cpl. Williamson replied and then made a quick move left flanking. They then succeeded in killing the German Machine Gunner and wounding the Sgt. leading the patrol, and forced the remaining two to surrender. They brought back three prisoners, a machine gun, two Schmeisser guns, two Luger pistols, maps and personal papers.
The courage, skill and determination of this officer provides an excellent example of the qualities required by our patrols in dominating 'No Man's Land' and retaining the initiative. He has shown similar qualities earlier in the North African operation in destroying by explosives German tanks at DJLBEL ABIOD in Nov 42.
Recommendation by Lt. Col. J.G. Mackellar 8 A & SH
At about 0715 hrs. they saw a German patrol of six men approaching and laid themselves in ambush. At 200 yds. range they fired their Bren Gun and killed two enemy. The other four took cover in a fold in the field of beans and opened fire with a 42mm Machine Gun and Automatics. Capt. Cadell and Cpl. Williamson replied and then made a quick move left flanking. They then succeeded in killing the German Machine Gunner and wounding the Sgt. leading the patrol, and forced the remaining two to surrender. They brought back three prisoners, a machine gun, two Schmeisser guns, two Luger pistols, maps and personal papers.
The courage, skill and determination of this officer provides an excellent example of the qualities required by our patrols in dominating 'No Man's Land' and retaining the initiative. He has shown similar qualities earlier in the North African operation in destroying by explosives German tanks at DJLBEL ABIOD in Nov 42.
Recommendation by Lt. Col. J.G. Mackellar 8 A & SH
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