SOE FitzWilliam, William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-FitzWilliam,8th Earl

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

FitzWilliam​

• FORENAME

William Henry Lawrence Peter Wentworth-FitzWilliam,8th Earl​

• UNIT

SOE​

• RANK

Captain​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order​

• PLACE

WW2​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Grenadier Guards​

born 31.12.1910 Wentworth Woodhouse,Yorkshire​

son of William Charles de Meuron Wentworth-FitzWilliam,7th Earl FitzWilliam and Lady Maud Frederica Elizabeth (nee Dundas) Countess FitzWilliam​

married Olive Dorothea Plunket 19.4.1933 (died 1975) (1 daughter Lady Anne Juliet Dorothea Maud Wentworth-FitzWilliam)​

succeeded to title 15.2.1943 (previously Viscount Milton)​

commissioned Royal Scots Greys (Supplementary Reserve) 1929​

Grenadier Guards ​

Commandos​

SOE​

racehorse owner and breeder​

died 13.5.1948 air crash Saint-Bauzile,Ardeche,France​

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