SOE Macpherson, Ian Gibson

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Macpherson ​

• FORENAME

Ian Gibson ​

• UNIT

SOE Force 133 ​

• RANK

Captain ​

• NUMBER

156792 ​

• AWARD

Military Cross ​

• PLACE

Bulgaria 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Seaforth Highlanders​

born 7.4.1920 Edinburgh​

educated George Herriot School​

educated L'Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques,Paris​

seaman in civilian life​

Royal Corps of Signals May 1940​

commissioned Seaforth Highlanders 1940​

MO4 Military Operations,Cairo​

SOE Force 133,Cairo 1941-44​

Staff of Political Adviser to Supreme Allied Commander (Mediterranean) 1945​

demobilised 1946​

Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC) 1946​

Managing Director of IPC 1978​

Chairman of IPC 1982​

retired to Norfolk​

wartime memoir "Blurred Recollections" (published privately)​

married Antonia Blake 1951 (2 children)​

died 1.12.2010 ​

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• OBITUARY

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