- SURNAME
Tack
- FORENAME
Gordon Hugh
- UNIT
S.O.E. Jedburgh Team Giles + Jedburgh Team Pig
- RANK
Sergeant
- NUMBER
14423408
- AWARD
Military Medal,Mention in Despatches
- PLACE
France 1944 (MM) Burma 1945 (MiD)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Armoured Corps
born 21.11.1923 Valletta,Malta
stepson of George Tack,KIA 13.4.1941 as Leading Seaman,HMS Rajputana,RNVR
educated Plymouth
boilermaker's apprentice,Devonport dockyard
RAF pilot training 1941 (AC2)
R.A.C. 1942
Jedburgh Team Giles 1944
codename Tickie
w/t operator
Jedburgh Team Pig (Force 136) 1945
25th Dragoons (India) 1946
3rd Carabiniers (Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards)
Cheshire Yeomanry (RSM)
retired 1969 as WO1
magistrate's court official until 1974
security branch,British Rail until 1982
retired to Chandler's Ford,Hampshire
boxing judge
married Monica Bridgid Schlesinger 1947 (predeceased him) (4 children)
died 24.12.2013
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