Scotsman obituaries: James Edgar, Special Operations Executive agent awarded the Legion d'Honneur
Scotsman obituaries: James Edgar, Special Operations Executive agent awarded the Legion d’Honneur Alison Shaw Vet and Special Operations Executive agent. Born: 21 May, 1920, in Pietersburg, South Africa. Died: 17 March, 2021, in Perth, Australia, aged 100 © James Edgar served in the Channel Islands, France and Burma as part of ‘Churchill’s Secret Army’ James Edgar was one of the audacious undercover agents whose infamous raid on a Nazi-occupied Channel Island led to Hitler’s notorious Commando Order, decreeing that all captured Commandos be summarily executed. Ope...
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