Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
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Omagh, Area 15 | Intelligence Officer | 1940 | 1940 |
Tonbridge, Clare College, Cambridge
12 Aug 1915 Temporary Second Lieutenant Bedfordshire Regiment
22 Jul 1917 Temporary Captain Bedfordshire Regiment, Military Cross,
1 Sep 1921 Relinquishes Commission retaining rank of Captain.
15 Apr 1940 Temporary Major, possibly service with Section D, Home Defence Scheme,
15 Jun 1940 Specially Employed.
July 1940 Auxiliary Units Intelligence Officer Special Duties Hampshire,
9 May 1941 transferred to Kings Royal Rifle Corps Department of Adjutant General, War Office
4 Jun 1945 Colonel Directorate of Public Relations
Married Inga Dessau of New York 8 Jun 1925. Joined J Walter Thompson Advertising Agency in New York, 1927, moved to London Office. By 1935 Managing Director. In September 1939 joined Section D and offered services of company including Broadcast recording unit. Another of the companies executives was Gerald Holdsworth who also joined Section D, as did several colleagues. Post war, Chairman of J Walter Thompson 1947-1959
Auxiliary Units Telephone number listing August 1940 CART Archive https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32559/page/10568/data.pdf
Section D for Destruction, Malcolm Atkin;
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29756/supplement/9181/data.pdf ;
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35182/supplement/3210/data.pdf ; https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31079/supplement/15015/data.p… http://www.bedfordregiment.org.uk/4thbn/4thbtn1918diary.html https://www.thegazette.co.uk/Edinburgh/issue/13453/page/1868/data.pdf https://www.newspapers.com/clip/43623202/chicago-tribune/ https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/data/batches/dlc_haskins_ver01/data/…