- Memorial Text
- In memory of 306891 Lieutenant David Haughton Finlayson Aged 20.
- Special Operations Executive
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- French Section
- David; alias Guillaume was dropped into enemy occupied France on the 3rd March 1944 as part of “Operation Liontamer”.
- His role as a Wireless Radio Operator was vital to the operations success.
- He was captured on landing due to German Intelligence Agents who had infiltrated the Resistance Circuit who were to help him.
- After interrogation at Fresnes Prison in Paris he was sent to Gross Rosen concentration camp and executed between 1st August and 30th September 1944.
- Remembered here by his sister and brother Lillian Mary Smith and Frances John Finlayson. 1st August 2008
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