Harry Peulevé
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Henri Leonard Thomas Peulevé DSO MC (29 January 1916 – 18 March 1963) was a Special Operations Executive agent who undertook two missions in occupied France and escaped from Buchenwald concentration camp.
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Harry Peulevé | |
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Born | (1916-01-29)29 January 1916 Hastings, England |
Died | 16 March 1963(1963-03-16) (aged 47) Seville, Spain |
Allegiance | Britain |
Service/ | British Army Special Operations Executive |
Years of service | 1939–1946 |
Rank | Major |
Unit | 82nd (Essex) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Army Ordnance Corps, SOE, REME |
Battles/wars | Second World War |
Awards | Legion of Honour Croix de Guerre Medaille de la Resistance Distinguished Service Order Military Cross |
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