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Sophie Moss Obituary from Daily Telegraph

Sophie Moss, who has died aged 92, was, as Countess Zofia Tarnowksa, the hostess of a villa in wartime Cairo where high-spirited young SOE agents on leave from secret assignments behind enemy lines...

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Colonel David Smiley

We have come across David Smiley before. He was one of the occupants of Tara, worked with “Billy” McLean in Albania, and it seems he rearmed and led Japanese troops against the Vietminh. There cannot...

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Colonel David Smiley: Blues officer and MC recipient

The Times’ Obituary of David Smiley. Times’ content is now subscription only so no link I am afraid. Paddy was a friend and wrote the foreward to Smiley’s book Albanian Assignment. First published in...

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Alan Hare MC – Obituary from The Independent

Alan Hare was one of the SOE colleagues of Paddy who passed through Cairo and is mentioned as being an occupant of Tara. by Richard Bassett First published in the Independent Thursday, 13 April 1995...

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Obituary: Peter Kemp MC DSO

Peter Kemp was a fellow SOE officer and would have known Paddy, Xan Fielding and Billy Moss. by M. R. D. FOOT First published in the Independent Thursday, 4 November 1993 Peter Mant MacIntyre Kemp,...

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William Stanley Moss

There appears to be no surviving obituary for Billy Moss (if anybody can find one please contact me). His Wikipedia page has to serve as a substitute. Ivan William “Billy” Stanley Moss MC (1921–1965),...

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The Kreipe pennants – the story of their rediscovery by Billy Moss’ daughter

Discovering the full details behind a particular story or event is often tricky with clarifications, enhancements, or downright contradictions emerging sometimes many years after the event. Fortunately...

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A Visit with Patrick Leigh Fermor, Part 2

Part 2 of Ben Downing’s meeting with Paddy in 2001 at Kardamyli.  Read Part 1 here. by Ben Downing. This text originally appeared in issue 165 of The Paris Review, Spring 2003. Already familiar as I...

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Hellraisers with deadly intent: the hard-living war heroes who captured a...

We are about to hit the season for new books about Paddy and associated book news and plugs here on the blog. There are two books about the Kreipe kidnap due out this autumn. Paddy’s own account...

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A review of Artemis Cooper’s Cairo in the War 1939–1945 by Patrick Leigh Fermor

So it seems we can still find the occasional piece of Paddy’s original writing to get us excited. He reviews his good friend Artemis’ book, remaining very formal and making no mention of his...

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Lives remembered: Colonel David Smiley

This article has no credit but I think from the Times. David Smiley is to me one of the most fascinating characters from the days of SOE and the unique group that assembled at Tara under Sophie...

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