- SURNAME
Willmott
- FORENAME
Leonard Richard Douglas
- UNIT
SOE
- RANK
Lance Corporal (A/Sergeant) + Second Lieutenant
- NUMBER
2325304 (L/Cpl)
- AWARD
British Empire Medal,Military Medal,Croix de Guerre (France)
- PLACE
Greece 1942 (BEM,MM) Brittany 1944 (CdG)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Royal Corps of Signals + General List
born 23.6.1921 Battersea,London
son of Arthur (former SgtMaj RASC) and Georgette Willmott
husband of Connie Willmott (nee Crossland)(married 22.4.1944)
joined Royal Corps of Signals 1.7.1936
3 Divisional Signal Regiment 23.6.1939
SIS 1939
Force 133 SOE 1941 (L/Cpl)
102 STS SOE 1941 (Sgt)
L Detachment SAS October - November 1941 (injured)
102 STS SOE December 1941 (Sgt)
Force 133 SOE 1942-1944 (Sgt) (BEM,MM)
RF Section SOE June 1944 (2Lt) (CdeG for Op.Aloes,Brittany)
Jedburgh Team Edward September 1944 (2Lt)
awarded Bronze Lion (Netherlands) for Ops Arnhem
Acting Captain 1945
SOE Air Liaison Officer,Thetford,Norfolk February 1945
15 Brigade Signal Squadron,Germany January 1946
MI6 1946
13 Brigade Signal Squadron 1946
British Military Mission to Athens 1947
22 SAS (HQ Squadron - Signals Officer) 1952-mid 1950s (Cap - A/Major)
emigrated to New Zealand 1962
awarded Resistance Commemoration Cross (Netherlands) 31.10.1986 for Arnhem
died 24.5.1993
biography :- "The Quiet Operator : Special Forces Signaller Extraordinary" (John Simpson with Mark Adkin) 1999
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