Hi All, I'm trying to locate more information for a service history of my Great Grandfather in the SOE. Some of the appointment symbols abbreviations are somewhat hard have a crack at. SOE appointment symbol - Your Archives <-- i checked her to get a better understanding. History As Follows after signing the O.S.A Feb 1944 Formerly was in the Royal Artillery can provide service history from that also if required. Jan 1944 P.T.C ?? with a view to staff appointment as a conducting officer Feb 1944 FG.1 advised 18xxxx has been posted to S.T.S. H.Q. has been employed as Section Officer as from Feb 1944 Jul 1944 AG advised: 18xxxx has been posted to S.T.S H.Q from M.0.1 (S.P) w.e.f Jul 1944 then transferred from F. to D.S. Section w.e.f. same date. Jul 1945 18xxxx left the UK for Colombo Jul 1945 D/AG advised 18xxxx has been transferred from D/S to B/ section w.e.f Jul 1945 Jan 1946 Part II orders Advised: 18xxxx has been s.o.s of Force 136 and Posted to X 8(A)Lst. For release under class "A" w.e.f Dec 1945. Regards James
Hi James and welcome to WW2Talk. We have an SOE expert here, who goes by the screen name of Jedburgh22. He will probably be able to decipher your Great Grandfather's record. Good luck, Mike http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/members/jedburgh22.html
PTC is "Put through the cards" - basically meaning a check of MI5 card index to see if anything was recorded against the person, negative vetting. OSA - Official Secrets Act STS - Special Training School F - French section DS - Scandinavian section Force 136 - SOE section in Burma. Lee Editted to add: There are some more symbols listed here: http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/special-forces/29945-special-operations-executive-2.html#post377566
Hi James, I found a book "Undercover" by Patrick Howarth. It is all about SOE. I came across it when I was searching my fathers record. He was with ISLD/MI6 in Cairo. You might find it interesting.
