SOE Hubble, Desmond Ellis

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hubble ​

• FORENAME

Desmond Ellis ​

• UNIT

RF Section SOE ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

109634 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

11th September 1944 ​

• AGE

34 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bayeux Memorial,France Panel 19 Column 1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Intelligence Corps​

born 4.2.1910 Barnes,South London​

born London W (PRO)​

born Northwood,Middlesex in other source​

son of Reginald and Agnes Maria (nee Savell) Hubble,Northwood,Middlesex​

husband of Margaret Elsie (nee Sieflow) Hubble,54 Marsh Road,Pinner,Middlesex (1907-89) ​

married 17.6.1931 Pinner Parish Church (4 children)​

in civilian life employed by B.J.Hall and Co Ltd (later Hall Harding Ltd),suppliers of​

drawing-office equipment (London)​

joined Royal Artillery as volunteer 2.9.1939​

Intelligence Corps in Congo and other African countries 1942-43​

Belgian awards for Africa​

Le Croix de Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal du Lion,avec Palme​

Croix de Guerre,avec Palme​

joined SOE early 1944​

Benjoin Circuit​

arrested July 1944​

executed Buchenwald,Germany​

awards for France​

Mention in Despatches (posthumous)​

French Resistance Medal "Reconnaisance Francaise" ​

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