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Scotsman obituaries: James Edgar, Special Operations Executive agent awarded the Legion d'Honneur
Scotsman obituaries: James Edgar, Special Operations Executive agent awarded the Legion d’Honneur Alison Shaw Vet and Special Operations Executive agent. Born: 21 May, 1920, in Pietersburg, South Africa. Died: 17 March, 2021, in Perth, Australia, aged 100 © James Edgar served in the Channel Islands, France and Burma as part of ‘Churchill’s Secret Army’ James Edgar was one of the audacious undercover agents whose infamous raid on a Nazi-occupied Channel Island led to Hitler’s notorious Commando Order, decreeing that all captured Commandos be summarily executed. Operating as part of the Small Scale Raiding Force (SSRF) 62 Commando, Edgar took part in two Channel Island missions, including Operation Basalt to Sark in October 1942.
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