Description
Object description
Papers relating primarily to the circumstances of his death while serving with Force 133 (part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE)) in Bulgaria and Macedonia during Operation MULLIGATAWNY, comprising: two telegrams to his wife, Brenda Margaret Davies (née Woodbridge), who was also a member of SOE (December 1943 - January 1944); letters from the War Office to his widow, relaying news of his disappearance and subsequently confirmation of his death in March 1944 (June 1944 - October 1945), showing the confusion over what had happened to him; a ts memorandum (1p) giving a detailed account of Davies' death (August 1945); a newspaper article regarding the death, in June 1944, of Major Frank Thompson who served with Davies in Bulgaria (March 1945); a letter from General Paget saying that Davies had been awarded an immediate DSO (May 1944); Davies' DSO certificate (June 1944); and postwar correspondence between his widow (who later remarried) and various correspondents relating to her late husband (1954 - 1990).
Content description
Papers relating primarily to the circumstances of his death while serving with Force 133 (part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE)) in Bulgaria and Macedonia during Operation MULLIGATAWNY, comprising: two telegrams to his wife, Brenda Margaret Davies (née Woodbridge), who was also a member of SOE (December 1943 - January 1944); letters from the War Office to his widow, relaying news of his disappearance and subsequently confirmation of his death in March 1944 (June 1944 - October 1945), showing the confusion over what had happened to him; a ts memorandum (1p) giving a detailed account of Davies' death (August 1945); a newspaper article regarding the death, in June 1944, of Major Frank Thompson who served with Davies in Bulgaria (March 1945); a letter from General Paget saying that Davies had been awarded an immediate DSO (May 1944); Davies' DSO certificate (June 1944); and postwar correspondence between his widow (who later remarried) and various correspondents relating to her late husband (1954 - 1990).
History note
Cataloguer AMB
History note
Catalogue date 2003-04