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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 41372" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Verlander </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Henry Arthur (Harry) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SOE Jedburgh Team Harold </em>+ Team Walrus</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sergeant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6856995 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Mention in Despatches,Croix de Guerre with gilt star (France) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>France 1944 (CdG) Burma 1945 (MiD)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Royal Armoured Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 27.12.1925 Bromley-by-Bow,London</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Mayfield Secondary School</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>grinder,Essex Water Softeners until March 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Home Guard (B Company,12 Bn,K Zone) 15.1.1941</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>enlisted 19.3.1942 Romford,Essex</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>King's Royal Rifle Corps (70 Bn) 26.3.1942 (Rifleman 6856995)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>K.R.R.C. (Young Soldiers Bn)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Royal Armoured Corps 12.11.1942 (Trooper 6856995)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SOE 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lance Sergeant December 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Jedburgh Team Harold</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>w/t operator</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>codename Sligo</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Force 136 SOE</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Team Walrus (Op. Character)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>5 Bn Gold Coast Regiment December 1945 (Sgt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>R.A.C. 1946</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>demobilised 28.5.1947</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>employed,British Railways Continental Services,London April 1948</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Lucette December 1947 (divorced 1981)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Dominique (died 1987)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Elizabeth Hill 1993</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>no children</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>author "</em><a href="https://amzn.to/2Zvma2X" target="_blank"><em>My War in SOE</em></a><em>" (2010)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 11.4.2015</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-verlander.13411/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/13/13411-5fa3f0383f4db41f7ad7466a0b32da31.jpg?1591398877" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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