SIS Philo, Gordon Charles George

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Philo ​

• FORENAME

Gordon Charles George ​

• UNIT

SIS ​

• RANK

Civilian ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George ​

• PLACE

1970 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 8.1.1920​

educated Haberdashers' Aske's School,Hampstead​

educated Wadham College,Oxford​

called up 1940​

commissioned 1941​

West African Frontier Force,Gold Coast 1942-43​

trained as parachutist 1944​

awarded M.C. for Normandy 1944​

demobilised 1946​

educated Sorbonne,Paris​

teacher,Wadham College,Oxford​

teacher,St Antony's​

SIS​

Turkey 1954-58​

London 1961-63​

training officer​

liaison officer to Malaysian Government​

seconded to Diplomatic Service (Consul-General,Hanoi)​

SIS HQ 1970​

award C.M.G. 1970 (for Hanoi)​

Principal Staff Officer to the Head of Service 1973-75​

retired 1978​

part-time with Civil Service selection boards 1978-1990​

wrote history of SIS​

novelist under name Charles Forsyte​

married Vicky Galsworthy 1952 (died 1986) (no children)​

died 24.1.2009​

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