JEDBURGH Ogden-Smith, Colin

[John Robertson]

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[ ARMY CDOS ] [ SAS ]

• SURNAME

Ogden-Smith ​

• FORENAME

Colin ​

• UNIT

SOE Jedburgh Team Francis ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

91977 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

29th July 1944 ​

• AGE

33 ​

• GRAVESITE

Guiscriff Communal Cemetery,Morbihan,France only British grave ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Royal Artillery​

born 30.8.1910 Croydon,Surrey​

resided London SW​

"Colin Malcolm Ogden-Smith" (SOE File)​

codename Dorset​

award Mention in Despatches (posthumously 1945)​

award Territorial Efficiency Decoration (posthumously 1950)​

KIA Querrien,Quimperle,Finistere,France ​

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[CEJ]

Colin Ogden-Smith

I am now living in the village of Querrien. I visited the place where Major Ogden Smith was shot, and I placed my hand on the memorial in thanks of the life he gave for us to be free. I will visit again on the 29th July 2010 and also visit his grave.
God bless this man and all like him that fought for us to be free. Never let us forget. x

 

[johno`farrell]

Colin Ogden-Smith

major colin ogdon - smith was origanaly parachuted in to dault forest on 10 june 1944 to occupy base samway in the dault foreston a seperate mission dressed in raf uniform on landing he attached him self to major wise team federick and left them on 18 june and went overland to new base set up by lt deplant 4 french sas group which had excaped from dingson. the base in a remote area of lochrist,KERUSTER. in PLOEDUT.were he met jean coutaller head o libre north who informed all resistance leader and groups from the canton of MORVAN. le faouet -gourin -guemene-sur-scoff over 10 days to be armed 5000 maquis visited the camp here ogon-smith met all group leaders . in cluding head off sas london major oswald cary-elwes and his bat man sgt e mills , there had achieveD there mission ,the lost mission was ordered to return to england as quickly as possible by using the shelburne network on there way to bonaparte beach2 down pilot were add two the group . on the beach they were pick up rowing boat to a subermarine which was waiting for them.

 

[johno`farrell]

Colin Ogden-Smith

major colin ogdon - smith was origanaly parachuted in to dault forest on 10 june 1944 to occupy base samway in the dault foreston a seperate mission dressed in raf uniform on landing he attached him self to major wise team federick and left them on 18 june and went overland to new base set up by lt deplant 4 french sas group which had excaped from dingson. the base in a remote area of lochrist,KERUSTER. in PLOEDUT.were he met jean coutaller head o libre north who informed all resistance leader and groups from the canton of MORVAN. le faouet -gourin -guemene-sur-scoff over 10 days to be armed 5000 maquis visited the camp here ogon-smith met all group leaders . in cluding head off sas london major oswald cary-elwes and his bat man sgt e mills , there had achieveD there mission ,the lost mission was ordered to return to england as quickly as possible by using the shelburne network on there way to bonaparte beach2 down pilot were add two the group . on the beach they were pick up rowing boat to a subermarine which was waiting for them.