Prentice, Ronald R, 1913-1980, Major

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Prentice, Ronald R, 1913-1980, Major

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1913-1980

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Ronald R Prentice, born [1913]; stationed at General Headquarters, Middle East Command, Cairo, Egypt, 1942; served in Special Operations Executive (SOE), Force 133, Greece, 1943-1944; served in Parachute Regt, [1946], died [1980].

Prentice and Wickstead were parachuted together into Mastroganni, Greece on 10 Aug 1943 as part of the Allied Military Mission, West Macedonia. There, they set up a base of operations at Pendalophos. Under the command of Lt Col Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammond, Special Operations Executive (SOE) forces in the Balkans, or Force 133, they sabotaged German activities in Greece, often working alongside Greek partisan movements such as Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS). Missions included actions against the retreating German Army, Operation NOAH'S ARK, Sep-Nov 1944.

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Wickstead, H Arthur, 1913-1989, Army Captain (1913-1989)

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Wickstead, H Arthur, 1913-1989, Army Captain

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Prentice, Ronald R, 1913-1980, Major

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KCL-AF0557

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Further information is available at the National Archives (F46955)

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