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<blockquote data-quote="Craig Robertson" data-source="post: 60189" data-attributes="member: 6852"><p> <table style='width: 100%'><tr><td>Photo</td><td><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/attachments/31/31952-7c75b5e1f4683fabfb0cec9a3033bb8d.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></td></tr><tr><td>Full Name</td><td><strong>Vladimir Peniakoff</strong></td></tr><tr><td>Nickname</td><td>Popski</td></tr><tr><td>Number</td><td>159661</td></tr><tr><td>Rank</td><td>Major</td></tr><tr><td>Nationality</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Date of Birth</td><td>30.03.1897 Huy, Belgium</td></tr><tr><td>Date of Death</td><td>15.05.1951 London</td></tr><tr><td>Gravesite</td><td>buried Wixoe Churchyard, Suffolk, UK</td></tr><tr><td>Father</td><td><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/[URL=%22http%3A//www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popskis-father-dimitri.2694/%22][IMG]http%3A//www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2694-674979c66d172b223347c3ec77b1e081.jpg?1591383562[/IMG][/URL]" target="_blank">Dimitri Peniakoff</a> born 04.07.1866 Jekaterioslav, Russia, died 1925 Lausanne, Switzerland</td></tr><tr><td>Mother</td><td>Anna (nee Braun) Peniakoff (married 02.03.1893 Odessa, Russia)</td></tr><tr><td>Enlisted</td><td>06.10.1910 Cairo</td></tr><tr><td>Military</td><td>parent unit General List (formerly 2 Bn Libyan Arab Force and LRDG)<br /> commissioned General List (2Lt) 06.10.1940<br /> Libyan Arab Force October 1940<br /> founded unit 23.11.1942<br /> wounded on raid to Barce, N.Africa Sep.1942<br /> wounded Italy 11.12.1944<br /> PPA disbanded 14.09.1945 became Liaison Officer between Russians and British in Vienna as Lieutenant Colonel<br /> Officier de l'ordre de la Couronne avec Palme (Bel) 1947<br /> Croix de Guerre 1940 avec Palme 1947 (Bel)</td></tr><tr><td>Married</td><td>married Josette Ceysens (2 daughters) (dissolved)<br /> married Pamela Firth 1948</td></tr><tr><td>Further Information</td><td>sister - <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/[URL=%22http%3A//www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popskis-sister-eugenia.2696/%22][IMG]http%3A//www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2696-02c2e29261ec6beb0aad44efa90ce3bf.jpg?1591383564[/IMG][/URL]" target="_blank">Eugenia (Joux) Peniakoff</a> (Born 1894 Paris, died 1939 Switzerland)<br /> sister - <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/[URL=%22http%3A//www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popskis-sister-olga.2695/%22][IMG]http%3A//www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2695-d434ef2d562d14645cf60b49d274432f.jpg?1591383562[/IMG][/URL]" target="_blank">Olga (Lux) Peniakoff</a> (Born 1900 Brussels, died 1922)<br /> resided 31 Cliveden Place,London SW1 1951 (Tel.Sloane 5844)<br /> educated St John's College,Cambridge (F.R.G.S.)<br /> served with French Army in WW1 (gunner)<br /> engineer in civilian life<br /> sugar manufacturer in Egypt 1924<br /> author "<a href="https://amzn.to/357BWEO" target="_blank">Private Army</a>" 1950<br /> <br /> <em>"No other like him,a man totally without fear" (PPA members)</em></td></tr></table><p></p><p><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.13/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/13-0706f398b6e216f9503604879bc8b6ac.jpg?1591382930" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/charlie-burrows-popski-john-campbell.793/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/793-d661c00918596f0e3cbd24e838ac56e3.jpg?1591383065" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/particulars-of-ppa-personnel.33585/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33585-07724387c7253a145c52c4de5fc3581e.jpg?1593437433" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.1300/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1300-3393f16a4081c0ce9414f885140215a0.jpg?1591383203" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.797/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/797-d0402f9da89e8b92fe0f46ad72d89cc1.jpg?1591383067" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.1309/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1309-7e7471bc6a3e398adb03d1684d722560.jpg?1591383209" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.1311/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1311-0dec397ccda7728a8988c6744b896a64.jpg?1591383211" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.3891/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/3/3891-fc2cd93f53aa8aac22ef457882a8c483.jpg?1591383877" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.6463/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/6/6463-c32d8d27d409fd0845e0ac46486d5255.jpg?1591388767" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.16960/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/16/16960-e4c546a28f444e204577af213153ed61.jpg?1591399842" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.2692/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2692-3f4cbcef9e6c21c30bfd20017a3b3230.jpg?1591383561" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.19867/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/19/19867-7a6739df89e3610cafe4a5000c3d3703.jpg?1591400625" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.19868/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/19/19868-d26226bcf907b66c0c6d1ef5eb498527.jpg?1591400625" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.1963/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1963-fbe486f01f08e64c0ed5e1546637a9c8.jpg?1591383375" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popski.5039/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/5/5039-84750806642154917d1c8e53eb2c11cd.jpg?1591384200" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Craig Robertson, post: 60189, member: 6852"] [TABLE] [TR] [TD]Photo[/TD] [TD][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/attachments/31/31952-7c75b5e1f4683fabfb0cec9a3033bb8d.jpg[/IMG][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Full Name[/TD] [TD][B]Vladimir Peniakoff[/B][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nickname[/TD] [TD]Popski[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Number[/TD] [TD]159661[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Rank[/TD] [TD]Major[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Nationality[/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Date of Birth[/TD] [TD]30.03.1897 Huy, Belgium[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Date of Death[/TD] [TD]15.05.1951 London[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Gravesite[/TD] [TD]buried Wixoe Churchyard, Suffolk, UK[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Father[/TD] [TD][URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/[URL=%22http%3A//www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/popskis-father-dimitri.2694/%22][IMG]http%3A//www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/2/2694-674979c66d172b223347c3ec77b1e081.jpg?1591383562[/IMG][/URL]']Dimitri Peniakoff[/URL] born 04.07.1866 Jekaterioslav, Russia, died 1925 Lausanne, Switzerland[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mother[/TD] [TD]Anna (nee Braun) Peniakoff (married 02.03.1893 Odessa, Russia)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Enlisted[/TD] [TD]06.10.1910 Cairo[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Military[/TD] [TD]parent unit General List (formerly 2 Bn Libyan Arab Force and LRDG) commissioned General List (2Lt) 06.10.1940 Libyan Arab Force October 1940 founded unit 23.11.1942 wounded on raid to Barce, N.Africa Sep.1942 wounded Italy 11.12.1944 PPA disbanded 14.09.1945 became Liaison Officer between Russians and British in Vienna as Lieutenant Colonel Officier de l'ordre de la Couronne avec Palme (Bel) 1947 Croix de Guerre 1940 avec Palme 1947 (Bel)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Married[/TD] [TD]married Josette Ceysens (2 daughters) (dissolved) married Pamela Firth 1948[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Further Information[/TD] [TD]sister - 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