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Physical description
A curved black plastic pipe stem with metal lining, the manufacturers logo runs along one side 'ROPP', there is a small portion missing at end of the tenon.
History note
Forest Frederick Edward Yeo-Thomas born 1901; manager for Molyneux in France until outbreak of Second World War; enlisted as AC2 Interpreter in RAF, serving with a Forward Air Ammunition Park of the Advanced Air Striking Force and later with a bomber liaison section at Le Bourget. 1940 Sergeant, returned to England; worked as an interpreter with Free French Air Force; after receiving commission became an Intelligence Officer with Polish Fighter Squadron; 1942 entered Special Operations Executive with rank of Flight Lieutenant, attached to RF Section; liaison work between Gaullist resistance groups and British service ministries. First undercover operation in occupied France operation "Seahorse" between 25 February and 15 April 1943; operation "Marie Claire" between September and November 1943; operation "Asymptote" between February 1944 and 21 March 1944 when he was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo. Ultimately detained in Buchenwald; early 1945 moved to Rehmsdorf; escaped 16 April 1945. Awarded George Cross as a result of his work with the French Resistance Movement. Returned to Molyneux after the War; from 1950 representative in France of Federation of British Industries. He died in 1964. See "The White Rabbit", by Bruce Marshall, Evans, London, 1952, for detailed account of recipient's wartime activities.
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ROPP
