Foley, Francis Edward (Frank)
- Date of birth:
- November 24th, 1884 (Highbridge/Somerset, United Kingdom)
- Date of death:
- May 8th, 1958 (Stourbridge, United Kingdom)
- Nationality:
- British
Biography
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Mentioned in Dispatches
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Rank:
- Acting Captain
- Awarded on:
- May 25th, 1918
Sanct Olavs Orden Knight
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Unit:
- C-in-C Norwegian Forces in the Field
- Awarded on:
- 1941
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Rank:
- Captain
- Unit:
- Military Intelligence Section 6 (MI6), Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), War Office, British Government
- Awarded on:
- January 1st, 1941
Yad Vashem-decoration
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Period:
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Sources
- - Stourbridge County Express dated 10 May 1958 – Obituary Major F E Foley CMG.
- The Righteous Among the Nations Database
- Frank Foley: The mild-mannered British spy who defied Hitler and saved 10,000 Jews from the Nazis | The Independent | The Independent
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35029/supplement/6/data.pdf
- https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30704/supplement/6168/data.pdf
- Medal card of Foley, Francis Edward Corps: Hertfordshire Regiment
- Awards
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