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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 44919" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Nelson</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sir Frank</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Executive Chief of SOE (C)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Civilian</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1941</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 5.8.1883 Bentham, Gloucestershire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Henry Ellis Hay and Catherine (nee Haviland) Nelson</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Bedford Grammar School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Neuenheim College, Heidelberg</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed,Symons, Barlow and Co (mercantile firm), Bombay, India (later senior partner)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Bombay Light Horse 1914-18</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Chairman of Bombay Chamber of Commerce 1922-24</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Knighted 1924</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Conservative MP for Stroud 1924-31</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SIS (Consul, Basle) (Z Network) 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Head of SO2,SOE August 1940</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Executive Chief (C) SOE August 1941-May 1942 (resigned due ill health)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Air Intelligence Branch, Washington, D.C. + Germany 1942-45 (Air Commodore)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Jean Montgomerie 1911 (died 1952) (1 son)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Dorothy Moira Carling 1950s (survived him)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 11.8.1966 Oxford</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/frank-nelson.2349/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2349-84a35ac8f642054fed349498adf6f2dc.jpg?1591383474" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/frank-nelson.2351/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2351-f8ccf26051ee9e0a346ffc20ec79052c.jpg?1591383474" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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