SOE Salvadori, Massimo William (Max)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Salvadori ​

• FORENAME

Massimo William (Max) ​

• UNIT

No 1 Special Force SOE (Senior SOE Liaison Officer,Italy) ​

• RANK

Captain (T/Major) ​

• NUMBER

279277 ​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order,Military Cross ​

• PLACE

Italy 1944-45​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

born 16.6.1908 London,England​

son of Guglielmo dei Conti Salvadori-Paleotti and Giacinta Galleti di Cadilhac​

husband of Joyce Pawle Salvadori​

educated Florence,Italy​

exiled to Switzerland 1924-29​

educated University of Geneva until 1927​

attended University of Rome 1929​

arrested 1931 by Italian secret police for resistance activities​

moved to Switzerland​

married (2 children)​

farmer,Kenya​

Section D,SIS 1938​

teacher,St Lawrence University,New York State​

Section D,SIS again 1939​

SOE in USA 1940-41​

commissioned British Army​

SOE J Section (Italy) March 1943 (as JF)​

alias Max Sylvester​

Major 1944​

Lt Colonel 1945​

died 1992​

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