SOE Watney, Cyril Arthur

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Watney ​

• FORENAME

Cyril Arthur ​

• UNIT

F Section SOE ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

• AWARD

Military Cross ​

• PLACE

France 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

British​

born 29.9.1922 Calais,France​

moved to Nottingham early 1930's​

educated Oxford University​

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry​

commissioned Middlesex Regiment 1943​

SOE F Section​

codename Eustache​

Footman Circuit (w/t operator)​

demobilised 1945​

interpreter for NATO​

interpreter for Whitbread Brewers,Belgium​

interpreter for the Canadian Government,Canada​

co-owner The Bookworm bookshop,Hertford​

stepson and stepdaughter from first marriage​

married (2nd) Peggy Vaughan (2 stepsons)​

died 23.1.2009 ​

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