Stephen Haggard Intelligence Corps Died 25/2/1943

guy1 · 20-05-2006, 10:31 AM

Hi all
Have been trying to find your site for ages. New I had seen it somewhere before but couldnt remember the address!
Anyway I am trying to find out any information on Captain Stephen Hubert Avenel Haggard - Intelligence Corps. All I know about him is that he was an actor and also wrote books including Nya and I'll Go To Bed At Noon. He died on 25/2/1943 and is buried at Heliopolis War Cemetery Egypt.
Does anyone know if he was killed in action or what he may have died of.
Any information would be appreciated.
Hope that someone out there just might be able to help.
Thankyou
guy1

aeroplanegripper · 20-05-2006, 11:02 AM

guy1,
Have just looked on the imdb,and have come up with this, is this the same gentleman?

www.imdb.com/name/nm0353594

Stephen Haggard (1911-43)
Descendant of Rider Haggard. Studied at Munich University. Staff Captain in Devonshire regiment, in Intelligence. Shot dead in mysterious circumstances on a train going from Jerusalem to Cairo in February 1943. I'll Go to Bed at Noon (1944)

von Poop · 20-05-2006, 01:24 PM

Hello,
I assume you've got his basic details from the CWGC but just in case here they are:
http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_...sualty=2209071
Cheers,
Adam

guy1 · 21-05-2006, 06:34 PM

Thanks both
Yes had seen the cwgc page but not the imbd. Couldnt find the bit where it mentioned him being a Captain in Devonshire Regiment though or how he died. Is that on a seperate site somewhere ?
Certainly very interesting so far though. Wonder what was going on that train when he was killed.
Thanks again for the help
guy1

von Poop · 21-05-2006, 07:27 PM

National portrait gallery has a picture of him:
http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/pe...LinkID=mp57020
Aeroplanegrippers brief biog is from:
http://perso.univ-lyon2.fr/~goethals...WW2_poets.html
Interesting end for one with Hitchcock connections...

guy1 · 21-05-2006, 09:02 PM

Thanks for finding that for me
Regards guy1.

kirkes lamb · 25-05-2007, 08:53 AM

I work in Heliopolis-next time I go to the cemetery I will seek out and photograph his grave

Kyt · 25-05-2007, 12:49 PM

There's an SOE file on him at the National Archives:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/c...D=-4179408&j=1

kirkes lamb · 25-05-2007, 04:00 PM

Thanks -I will have to find a way around our system to enable cookies and I will give it a go.

kirkes lamb · 25-05-2007, 04:01 PM

Is it lengthy?Is it anything you can post on line?Thanks

20-05-2006, 10:31 AM	#1 (permalink)
guy1 Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3	Stephen Haggard Intelligence Corps Died 25/2/1943 Hi all Have been trying to find your site for ages. New I had seen it somewhere before but couldnt remember the address! Anyway I am trying to find out any information on Captain Stephen Hubert Avenel Haggard - Intelligence Corps. All I know about him is that he was an actor and also wrote books including Nya and I'll Go To Bed At Noon. He died on 25/2/1943 and is buried at Heliopolis War Cemetery Egypt. Does anyone know if he was killed in action or what he may have died of. Any information would be appreciated. Hope that someone out there just might be able to help. Thankyou guy1

20-05-2006, 11:02 AM	#2 (permalink)
aeroplanegripper Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Worcestershire, UK Posts: 40	guy1, Have just looked on the imdb,and have come up with this, is this the same gentleman? www.imdb.com/name/nm0353594 Stephen Haggard (1911-43) Descendant of Rider Haggard. Studied at Munich University. Staff Captain in Devonshire regiment, in Intelligence. Shot dead in mysterious circumstances on a train going from Jerusalem to Cairo in February 1943. I'll Go to Bed at Noon (1944) __________________ Per Ardua Ad Astra Fiat Justitia 1979-2002 My brief sweet life is over, my eyes no longer see, No summer walks - no Christmas Trees - no pretty girls for me, I've got the chop, I've had it, my nightly ops are done Yet in another hundred years, I'll still be twenty-one by R W Gilbert In respectful and fond memory of: Pte James A Curzon - RWS (Queens) Regt - KIA Arras 25 Jul 18 Gdsmn John Prentice - 3Bn Scots Guards - KIA Caumont/Les Loges 30 Jul 44 Last edited by aeroplanegripper; 20-05-2006 at 11:06 AM.

25-05-2007, 12:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
Kyt Very Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,968	There's an SOE file on him at the National Archives: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/c...D=-4179408&j=1 __________________ _______________________________________ Squadron Leader Pujji - Audio Interviews (half way down the page)

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von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,497	Hello, I assume you've got his basic details from the CWGC but just in case here they are: http://www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_...sualty=2209071 Cheers, Adam

21-05-2006, 06:34 PM	#4 (permalink)
guy1 Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3	Thanks both Yes had seen the cwgc page but not the imbd. Couldnt find the bit where it mentioned him being a Captain in Devonshire Regiment though or how he died. Is that on a seperate site somewhere ? Certainly very interesting so far though. Wonder what was going on that train when he was killed. Thanks again for the help guy1

21-05-2006, 07:27 PM	#5 (permalink)
von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,497	National portrait gallery has a picture of him: http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/pe...LinkID=mp57020 Aeroplanegrippers brief biog is from: http://perso.univ-lyon2.fr/~goethals...WW2_poets.html Interesting end for one with Hitchcock connections...

21-05-2006, 09:02 PM	#6 (permalink)
guy1 Junior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 3	Thanks for finding that for me Regards guy1.

25-05-2007, 08:53 AM	#7 (permalink)
kirkes lamb Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cairo Posts: 10	I work in Heliopolis-next time I go to the cemetery I will seek out and photograph his grave

25-05-2007, 04:00 PM	#9 (permalink)
kirkes lamb Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cairo Posts: 10	Thanks -I will have to find a way around our system to enable cookies and I will give it a go.

25-05-2007, 04:01 PM	#10 (permalink)
kirkes lamb Junior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cairo Posts: 10	Is it lengthy?Is it anything you can post on line?Thanks

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