Richard Gambier-Parry
British military officer
Born on: January 20, 1894Died on: June 19, 1965
Aged: 71 years 150 days (856 months)
Gender: Male
Nationality: United kingdom
Birth Sign: Capricorn
Brigadier Sir Richard Gambier-Parry, was a British military officer who served in both the army and the air force during World War I.
He remained in military service post-war, but then entered into civilian life for more than a decade. In 1938, he was recruited by the head of the Secret Intelligence Service.
Gambier-Parry led the Communications Section of the SIS during World War II, and assembled a clandestine wireless network that connected the United Kingdom with SIS agents in many countries, as well as helping to create the SIS resistance network in Britain.
During the war, he was also recruited by the Director of British Naval Intelligence to serve as the radio consultant for Operation Tracer in Gibraltar.
Post-war, he ran a network of secret listening stations.
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