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Spencer-Churchill, Randolph Frederick Edward

Date of birth:
May 28th, 1911 (London, United Kingdom)
Date of death:
June 6th, 1968 (East Bergholt/Suffolk, United Kingdom)
Buried on:
St Martin's Church Churchyard
Service number:
76883
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Unit:
Yugoslav Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:
May 19th, 1944
Awarded for:
Operation Rösselsprung
Citation:
"Major CHURCHILL was with the British Military Mission in DRVAR when the Germans made a sudden airborne attack on 25 May. After marching for many hours throughout that day, he was sent off during the night to a Partisan Corps some miles away. He successfully accomplished this journey, which was through enemy occupied territory, and transmitted some most important messages which had been entrusted to him. He then took charge of the mission attached to this Corps and, in very difficult circumstances, kept ITALY well informed of the progress of operations, so that the maximum Allied assistance could be given to the Partisans. Later he was placed in charge of a British and Russian party which was to be evacuated to BARI. Although continuously harried and kept on the move by the enemy, he kept his party together until an opportunity occured for them to be evacuated by air. It was largely due to his efforts that this evacuation was successfully accomplished."

Recommended for a Military Cross.
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

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