Award MBE 67973 Capt. C.A.G. Burney, F Section SOE, No. 12 Commando

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    brithm Senior Member

    The bravery displayed by the SOE (British-led Special Operations Executive) and Allied special agents, who were murdered at Buchenwald in September and October 1944, has haunted me - it was a death sentence that I managed to escape by just two days. The discreet support by Capt. Christopher Burney, SOE, during our incarceration and his key role in our rescue by the Luftwaffe enabled 166 Allied airmen to survive and be moved to Stalag Luft III.
    Award Member of the British Empire (Military) Capt. Christopher Arthur Geoffrey Burney (67973) No. 12 Commando South Wales Borderers transferred to SOE F Section Autogiro F Section codenamed 'Charles'. Parachuted 30th-31st May 1942 near Le Mans with Charles Grover-Williams to organise Autogyro Circuit arrested 15th August 1942 Paris, year in Fresnes prison.


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    FO 950/2124 Nazi persecution claim: Mr Christopher Arthur Geoffrey Burney MBE


    Bibliography
    • The Dungeon Democracy, 1946, Burney's controversial account of life in Buchenwald
    • Solitary Confinement, 1951, his account of 15 months in Fresnes Prison
    • Descent from Ararat, 1962, an existentialist fable
     
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