SOE Wharton-Tigar, Edward Clement

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Wharton-Tigar​

• FORENAME

Edward Clement​

• UNIT

SOE Op.Remorse (China)​

• RANK

Major​

• NUMBER

250460​

• AWARD

Member of the Order of the British Empire​

• PLACE

Far East 1944​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit General List​

mining executive,Selection Trust,Yugoslavia​

commissioned 1.7.1941 2Lt General List​

SOE in Tangier 1941 (saboteur)​

SOE Op.Remorse (China) 1944​

returned to Selection Trust postwar (11 years)​

autobiography: "Burning Bright:The Autobiography of Edward Wharton-Tigar" (1987)​

had the World's largest collection of cigarette cards (+2 million)​

died 14.6.1995 age 82​

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