Robert Laycock
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Robert Laycock (spook, officer) | ||||||||||||||
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Born | 18 April 1907 London, England | |||||||||||||
Died | 10 March 1968 (Age 60) East Retford, Nottinghamshire, England | |||||||||||||
Spouse | Claire Angela Louise Dudley Ward | |||||||||||||
Relatives | Joseph Frederick Laycock | |||||||||||||
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Major-General Sir Robert Edward Laycock was a senior British Army officer best known for his influential role in the establishment and command of British Commandos during the Second World War.
On 24 October 1944, Robert Laycock gave Harold Goulding authorisation to carry "top secret papers" to Italy by air.
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