| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blankney Hall, Lincolnshire | Intelligence Officer | 15 Jul 1940 | 31 Dec 1941 |
| Lincolnshire | Intelligence Officer | 15 Jul 1940 | 31 Dec 1941 |
| Wellingore Hall, Lincolnshire | Intelligence Officer | 15 Jul 1940 | 1940 |
| Operation Ringlet | SOE Agent | Jun 1943 | Sep 1943 |
| Operation Ringlet | SOE Agent | Jun 1943 | Sep 1943 |
| Force 133 | SOE Agent | 1943 | 1944 |
| Massingham Mission | SOE Agent | May 1943 | Jun 1943 |
| Massingham Mission | SOE Agent | May 1943 | Jun 1943 |
Dulwich College
Territorial Honourable Artillery Company, Private 1935-39
Commissioned Cameron Highlanders 108363, 25th November 1939
Military Intelligence course, Minley College, 1939
War Office, 1939-1940
Intelligence Officer, Lincolnshire, Captain 13th July 1940 - end 41
SOE, Tunisia, Sicily, Vis and Greece Major 1941-45
Including Operation Skiddaw, with Captain Prentice and four former Auxiliary Units Non-commissioned officers, three of whom would also join him on Operation Ringlet. After a brief spell with Force 133 in Cairo he joined Force 266 operating in Vis and took part in the liberation of Greece.
Born Ontario Canada, parents separated after 1911 and mother came to UK with the children.
Married Dec 1939 Mrs Dorothy Wiggly Allix Dease
Married 1947 Cynthia (plotter at Biggin Hill in war), died 2000
Prewar
Polo player in Argentina
Insurance work
Postwar
Kenya, insurance
Johannesburg, broadcasting
Family connections
Mother Canadian, Father English
Grandfather head of Hudson Bay Company
Brother Edward, born 1908, played rugby for England. Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, MTB 14 Felixstowe, post war Malta 1946-716.
SOE Assignment, Donald Hamilton-Hill https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34753/supplement/8308/data.pdf http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=525457.9