Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
---|---|---|---|
Bridgwater, Somerset | Intelligence Officer | 23 Nov 1940 | 15 Sep 1942 |
Somerset | Intelligence Officer | 23 Nov 1940 | 15 Sep 1942 |
Operation Gain | SAS combatant | 14 Jun 1944 | 07 Aug 1944 |
Winchester College, then Cambridge University
Lance-Cadet Winchester College Officer Training Corps,
19 Feb 1937
Commissioned to Leicestershire Yeomanry.
15 Feb 1940
Leicestershire Yeomanry converted to 137 Field Battery Royal Artillery.
30 June 1940
Posted to Kings Royal Rifle Corps.
23 Nov 1940
Posted to Auxiliary Units as Intelligence Officer.
15 Sep 1942
Posted to SOE.
1 Nov 1942
Commandant STS 4.
1 Jun 1943 returns to Regular Army, 1 Motor Transport Battalion,
1 Sep 1943
Posted to Airborne Forces Depot,
Feb 1944
Joined 1 SAS, commanded D Squadron. Killed in action during Operation Gain.
Noted Cartoonist for Punch and others, author of Enter Trubshaw, with forward by David Niven, the famous actor, who was a friend (and also an Officer in Phantom, the GHQ Liaison Regiment).
SAS and LRDG Roll of Honour,
http://rgjmuseum.co.uk/object-archive-item/cartoons/
https://www.paradata.org.uk/people/ian-fenwick
https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37072/supplement/2464/data.pd… https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36239/supplement/4912/data.pdf
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