SOE Thompson, Arthur Leonard Bell

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Thompson​

• FORENAME

Arthur Leonard Bell​

• UNIT

SOE Burma​

• RANK

T/Captain​

• NUMBER

ABRO 88​

• AWARD

Distinguished Service Order​

• PLACE

Burma 1942​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit 1/20 Burma Rifles,Army in Burma Reserve of Officers​

born 1.12.1917 Bristol​

commercial assistant,rice trade,London 1935-38,Burma 1938-39​

commissioned 2Lt ABRO 7.3.1940​

SOE March 1942 (escape from Burma)​

SOE India and London​

journalist in the steel industry until 1959​

crime and thriller writer using pen name Francis Clifford​

married Marjorie Bennett 1944 (dissolved)​

married Josephine Devereux 1955​

father of 2 sons​

died 24.8.1975​

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