SOE Leng, Christopher Anthony William (Chris)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Leng​

• FORENAME

Christopher Anthony William (Chris)​

• UNIT

1 Special Force SOE​

• RANK

Lieutenant​

• NUMBER

243201​

• AWARD

Mention in Despatches​

• PLACE

Italy 1945​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 27th Lancers,R.A.C.​

born 5.4.1922​

son of Douglas Christopher and Marcia Mary Gertrude (nee Constable-Maxwell-Stuart) Leng​

commissioned 2Lt R.A.C. 28.8.1942​

27th Lancers​

SOE Italy and Burma (Lieutenant - Captain)​

graduated Hertford College,Oxford 1947 (B.A. and M.A.)​

Deputy Lieutenant for Peebles-shire 1983​

O.B.E. 1987​

Director of Merrydown PLC 1989​

married Patricia Lillywhite 1953 (4 children Fiona,Teresa,Malcolm and Rupert)​

2003 residing at Juniper Bank,Walkerburn,Peebles-shire​

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