SAS Daniels, George Douglas (Bebe)

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  • SURNAME
Daniels
  • FORENAME
George Douglas (Bebe)
  • UNIT
2 SAS
  • RANK
Sergeant
  • NUMBER
5887507
  • AWARD
Military Medal
  • PLACE
Italy 1943
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Army Air Corps
resided Derby
L Detachment SAS 1942
1 SAS 1942-43
2 SAS 1943-45
died July 2003
 

CITATION:

Military Medal : This NCO was dropped North of Florence on 8 September 43 and returned to our lines 73 days later. The commander of his stick Lieut Bell, 2 S.A.S. Regiment, broke two ribs on landing and being in considerable pain for three days, handed over command of his party to Sgt. Daniels while he was taking morphine to ease the pain. Sgt. Daniels succeeded in keeping Lieut Bell with the party, and was conspicuous throughout the operation during which three trains were sabotaged and much other damage to enemy L of C. By his leadership he made the operation a great success when failure seemed likely.

WEB LINKS:

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7350393

NATIONAL ARCHIVES:

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D7350393
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