SOE Cardozo, Frederick Henry (Freddy)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Cardozo ​

• FORENAME

Frederick Henry (Freddy) ​

• UNIT

RF Section SOE ​

• RANK

T/Major ​

• NUMBER

69648 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross,Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur (Fr),Croix de Guerre avec palme (Fr) ​

• PLACE

France 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit South Lancashire Regiment​

born 1.12.1916 Newhaven,Sussex​

son of Captain Charles Henry and Cynthia Florence Spencer (nee Daniell) Cardozo​

spent early years on his father's farm in Devon​

resided St Remo,Loire,France 1923-33​

educated Jesuit schools in Geneva and Tours​

moved to England after father died​

educated Prior Park College,Bath​

bank trainee​

Supplementary Reserve Officers Scheme,RMA Sandhurst prewar​

commissioned South Lancashire Regiment 2.7.1939 (2Lt)​

WIA May 1940 Dunkirk​

RF Section SOE 1943​

SOE Team codename Benjoin​

parachuted into Massif Central 8.5.1944​

Staff College,Quetta,India​

intelligence appointments (6th Airborne Division),Karachi and Haifa​

South Lancashire Regiment​

British instructor,L'Ecole de Guerre,Paris​

College Commander,RMA Sandhurst 1955​

HQ 16th Independent Parachute Brigade 1956 (Suez)​

left Army 1958 as Lt Colonel​

press attache for the US Forces in France until 1966​

secretary to the President of the Latin Mass Society,London​

Save the Children Fund,Morocco late 1960s​

employed,De Beers,Sierra Leone​

retired to Loire valley​

married Simone Bigot 1949 (2 children Geoffrey and Sophie)​

died 7.10.2011 Touraine,France​

funeral in St Cyr-sur-Loire,Tours,France​

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