Frederick Cardozo Military person

Lt. Col Frederick Henry Cardozo MC (1 December 1916 – 7 October 2011) was a British soldier and SOE veteran. Cardozo was brought up in the Loire Valley between 1923 and 1933.In 1949 Cardozo married Simone Bigot - they had two children - one of whom, Col. Geoffrey Cardozo MBE, is the secretary of the veterans charity, Veterans Aid. At the time of his birth, his father Charles was the commander of a local army garrison, having been wounded in 1915, at the battle of Loos.In recognition of his work for the French resistance, Cardozo was awarded both the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre.

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Frederick Cardozo
Birth dateDecember 01, 1916
Birth place
Newhaven East Sussex
Date of deathOctober 07, 2011

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Croix de guerre
Military Cross
Legion of Honour
military unit
6th Airborne Division (United Kingdom)
South Lancashire Regiment

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