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Rendel, Alexander Meadows (Sandy) "Alexis"

Date of birth:
1910
Date of death:
1991
Nationality:
British

Biography

Alexander Rendel was commissioned into the Royal Artillery in 1940 and recruited for the SOE in Cairo by Colonel Thomas Dunbabin in 1943. Rendel was appointed to command operations in Lasithi, eastern Crete, under the nom de guerre "Alexis" (Aλέξης). He rose to the rank of major.

After the war, Rendel became a diplomatic correspondent for The Times.

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Awarded on:
June 14th, 1975
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)

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