SOE Henniker-Major, John Patrick Edward Chandos

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Henniker-Major ​

• FORENAME

John Patrick Edward Chandos ​

• UNIT

SOE Yugoslavia ​

• RANK

Captain (T/Major) ​

• NUMBER

177907 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross ​

• PLACE

Yugoslavia 1943-44 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Rifle Brigade​

born 19.2.1916 Mayfair,London​

educated Stowe and Trinity College,Cambridge​

Diplomatic Service 1938-39​

Essex Regiment 1940 (Pte)​

Rifle Brigade 1941 (2Lt)​

WIA 1942 at El Adem,North Africa​

joined SOE 1943​

Foreign Office 1945-1968​

British Council 1968-1972​

married Margaret Osal Benning 1946 (died 1974)​

CMG 1956​

CVO 1960​

KCMG 1965​

sometime became 8th Baron Henniker​

died 29.4.2004​

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