JEDBURGH Craster, Oswin Edmund (Os)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Craster ​

• FORENAME

Oswin Edmund (Os) ​

• UNIT

SOE Jedburgh Team Stanley + Team Zebra​

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• RANK

Captain + T/Major​

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• NUMBER
  71959

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches (x2),Croix de Guerre (France) ​

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• PLACE

France 1944 (MiD,CdG) Burma 1945 (MiD)​

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• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 5 Bn Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry​

born 28.6.1916 Oxford​

educated Stowe College​

educated New College,Oxford (1934-37) (OTC)​

archaeologist,HM Official Work in civilian life​

5 Bn Ox.and Bucks LI 1938 (Pte) 1938​

commission same Bn 1940-43​

SOE (Jedburghs) November 1943-44 (Captain)​

codename Yorkshire​

2 (Airborne) Bn Ox.and Bucks LI 1944​

Force 136 SOE 1945 (TeamZebra on Op.Nation)​

Mention in Despatches again 1945​

postwar employed Ancient Monuments Inspectorate​

married Mary Molony 1944 (3 children)​

died 29.1.2006 ​

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