Buckmaster, Maurice James

Date of birth:: January 11th, 1902 (Brereton/Staffordshire, United Kingdom)
Date of death:: April 17th, 1992 (Forest Row/East Sussex, United Kingdom)
Nationality:: British

Biography

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Mentioned in Dispatches

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Acting Major
Awarded on:: December 20th, 1940

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Colonel
Unit:: HQ, F Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:: January 1st, 1945

Legion of Merit - Officer (LoM - O)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Temporary Colonel
Unit:: HQ, F Section, Special Operations Executive (SOE), British Government
Awarded on:: May 23rd, 1947

Colonel Maurice J. Buckmaster, Intelligence Corps, British Army. As British head of a section of the Special Force Headquarters in London, England, from December 1943 to September 1944, Colonel Buckmaster, through his executive ability, initiative and broad practical experience contributed largely to the successful infiltraton of secret agents into enemy occupied France. He played an important part in organizing and directing the activities of French Forces of the Interior in the conduct of sabotage operations and guerilla warfare against the enemy."