SOE Gordon-Creed, Geoffrey Anthony

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Gordon-Creed ​

• FORENAME

Geoffrey Anthony ​

• UNIT

SOE ​

• RANK

Lieutenant (A/Major) ​

• NUMBER

16001 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order ​

• PLACE

Greece 1943 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars,R.A.C.​

born 29.1.1920 Cape Town,South Africa​

original name Harrison,Geoffrey Anthony​

educated Downside under his stepfather's name Eckstein 1933-38​

changed name to Gordon-Creed by deed poll​

5 Bn Scots Guards 1939-40 (Pte)​

Royal Gloucestershire Hussars 1940-41 (2Lt - Captain)​

award M.C. for North Africa​

L Detachment SAS 1942 (Captain)​

SOE Palestine and Greece 1942 - 45 (Major)​

Head of Counter-Intelligence,Germany 1945 (Major)​

Services Attache in Beirut and Damascus June 1945-1947​

promoted Lieutenant Colonel 1947​

postwar​

wine business in Kenya​

founded Travellers Club,Nairobi​

moved to Jamaica​

employed by Firestone South Africa 1960s​

moved to South Carolina 1976​

memoir published in New York "A Fool Rushed In" 1996​

died 26.11.2002 Camden,South Carolina,U.S.A. ​

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