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132235 George Anthony Augustan RUSSELL, MC, MiD, Scots Guards, SAS & SOE

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    Personal Number: 132235
    Rank: Captain
    Name: Thomas Charles David Augustan RUSSELL, MC, MiD
    Unit: Scots Guards, SAS, SOE


    London Gazette : 31 May 1940
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34861/supplement/3261/data.pdf
    The undermentioned Cadets, from 162nd, 164th, 165th, 166th, and Sandhurst Officer Cadet Training Units, to be 2nd Lts. 25th May 1940:—
    FOOT GUARDS.
    S. G'ds.
    Thomas Charles David RUSSELL (132235).

    London Gazette : 11 March 1943
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35934/supplement/1176/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to approve the following awards in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field:-
    The Military Cross.
    Lieutenant Thomas Charles David Russell (132235), Scots Guards

    London Gazette : 1 June 1944
    https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/36539/supplement/2520/data.pdf
    The KING has been graciously pleased to approve that the following be Mentioned in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field: —
    S. G'ds.
    Lt. (temp. Capt.) T. C. D. Russell, M.C. (132235) (killed in action).
     
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    The National Archives | DocumentsOnline | Image Details
    Name Russell, Thomas Charles David
    Rank: Lieutenant
    Service No: 132235
    Regiment: Scots Guards
    Theatre of Combat or Operation: Middle East Special Operations and Escapes
    Award: Military Cross
    Date of Announcement in London Gazette: 11 March 1943
    Date 1942-1945
    Catalogue reference WO 373/46
    RUSSELL, MC.png
     
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    Casualty
    Captain RUSSELL, THOMAS CHARLES DAVID
    Service Number 132235
    Died 04/09/1943
    Aged 28
    Scots Guards
    M C
    Son of Charles Ernest and Enid Barbara Russell, of Kingsford, Essex.
    His brother George Anthony Russell also fell.
    INSCRIPTION: THEY WERE LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES, AND IN THEIR DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED
    Buried at BUCHAREST WAR CEMETERY
    Location: Romania
    Number of casualties: 90
    Cemetery/memorial reference: 2. E. 3.
    See cemetery plan
     
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    https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/bfm:978-1-137-57452-7/1.pdf
    Russell was parachuted into Yugoslavia on 15 June with instructions to endeavour to cross into Romania and to establish himself in the Godeanu mountains where he was to arrange a reception area for further British Liaison Officers’ (TNA, HS 5/798).
    Russell was killed in mysterious circumstances, found shot in the back of the head, less than a week after his 28th birthday (Alan Ogden (2007), ‘Romanian Riddle: The Unsolved Murder of Capt. David Russell MC, Scots Guards’, The Scots Guards Magazine: 124–9).
     
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