Thorpe, Richard Burkimsher

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Date of birth:: February 10th, 1906
Service number:: 178904
Nationality:: British

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Warrent Officer 2nd Class
Unit:: x, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:: July 19th, 1945

Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

Rank:: Major
Awarded on:: January 2nd, 1956

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Rank:: Lieutenant-Colonel
Awarded on:: June 11th, 1960

HM Birthday Honours

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Sources

- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/37184/supplement/3720/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/40669/supplement/7/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/42051/supplement/3978/data.pdf
- Richard Thorpe BURKIMSHER - born 10.02.1906 | The National Archives

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