JEDBURGH Guthrie, Duncan D.

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Guthrie​

• FORENAME

Duncan D.​

• UNIT

S.O.E. Jedburgh Team Harry​

• RANK

T/Captain​

• NUMBER

239306​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches​

• PLACE

France 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry​

born 1.10.1911 London​

Finnish Army October 1939​

Royal Canadian Artillery​

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (officer) 1943​

Jedburghs 1944​

codename Denby​

Burma 1945 (broke leg on landing) (Major)​

set up charity postwar when his 18 month old daughter Janet was diagnosed with polio.​

National Fund for Poliomyelitis​

later Action Research for the Crippled Child​

Action Medical Research 2003 ​

awarded O.B.E. 1976​

married Prue Holloway 1949 (3 children)​

died 12.10.1994 Amberley,West Sussex​

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