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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 30372" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Purvis </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Robert William Berry </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Force 133 + F Section SOE </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Captain + Major </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>Military Cross </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Yugoslavia + France 1943-44 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Scots Guards</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 1.7.1910 Gilmerton,Fife</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Glenalmond College</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Geneva,Switzerland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Halle University,Saxony</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>farming and forestry on his father's estate neat St Andrews in civilian life</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Scots Guards (Supplementary Reserve) 1939</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Scots Guards,Middle East 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>the Spears Mission HQ,Beirut 1942-43</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>joined SOE July 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Liaison Officer to Chetnik resistance forces,Yugoslavia</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SOE Ops South of France August 1944 (Mission Hautes Alpes) (Instructor)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>codename Manipule</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Control Commission for Germany 1945-47 (Lt Colonel)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 15.8.2001 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>IMAGES:</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-purvis.1982/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1982-28857a64784ce352ddac757fba974b2a.jpg?1591383380" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 30372, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Purvis [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Robert William Berry [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Force 133 + F Section SOE [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Captain + Major [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Military Cross [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Yugoslavia + France 1943-44 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]parent unit Scots Guards[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 1.7.1910 Gilmerton,Fife[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Glenalmond College[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Geneva,Switzerland[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Halle University,Saxony[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]farming and forestry on his father's estate neat St Andrews in civilian life[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Scots Guards (Supplementary Reserve) 1939[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Scots Guards,Middle East 1942[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]the Spears Mission HQ,Beirut 1942-43[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]joined SOE July 1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Liaison Officer to Chetnik resistance forces,Yugoslavia[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]SOE Ops South of France August 1944 (Mission Hautes Alpes) (Instructor)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]codename Manipule[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Control Commission for Germany 1945-47 (Lt Colonel)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died 15.8.2001 [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]IMAGES:[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-purvis.1982/"][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1982-28857a64784ce352ddac757fba974b2a.jpg?1591383380[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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