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YEO-THOMAS, Forest Frederick Edward
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
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YEO-THOMAS, Forest Frederick Edward
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Parachuted into occupied France on 23/2/43, a resistance and escape line organiser code name 'The White Rabbit', captured and interrogated by the Gestapo, he gave nothing away and was later held at Buchenwald Concentration camp where most of his fellow agents were executed.
Rank Name
Acting Wing Commander
Service Number
89215
Award Details
Bar to the MC,
Gazette Date
15 Feb 1946
Gazette Page
961
Service
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Conflict Period
World War I
Served For
United Kingdom
award
George Cross (GC)
award
War Medal 1939 - 1945
award
France and Germany Star
award
Defence Medal
award
UK Military Cross (MC)
unit
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Publication Title
UK, Soldiers Awards from the London Gazette, 1898-1944
Content Source
London Gazette
Last Updated
29 Oct 2023
Description
The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the United Kingdom, in which certain statutory notices are required to be published.
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