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Name | Gladys H JAFFE [331] | Birth | Female | Death | Deceased, age not recorded | Residence | UK |
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Name | Major Horace Frank BODDINGTON OBE [331] | Birth | Male; 17 May 1891; Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire UK | Death | 4Q1970, age 79; Chichester, Sussex UK | Occupation | 1911: Civil servant in the General Post Office (GPO) 1916: British Army 1927: British intelligence service | Military | 1916: 46038 Worcestershire Regiment 1919: Mentioned in Despatches | Residence | 1901: Sunnyside, West Street, Carshalton, Surrey 1951: 5b Nevern Road, Earls Court, London 1970: Chichester, Sussex, UK | Father | Frank BODDINGTON (~1870 - ) | Mother | Annie (~1870 - ) | Web Page |
Bloody Sunday, intelligence |
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3Q1925, Kensington, London |
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Notes for Major Horace Frank BODDINGTON OBE Horace Boddington had a distinguished career in the British army, serving in France during WWI, followed by Ireland, and moving into British Intelligence also in Ireland. He was awarded the honorary office of Major on his retirement.
He is said to have 'liberated' the clock from behind Adolf Hitler's desk in the Chancellery, Berlin, while escorting Winston Churchill on 26th July 1945.
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