Charles Cholmondeley (intelligence officer)
Charles Christopher CholmondeleyOperation Husky.[2]
Biography
Cholmondeley was born on 27 January 1917 in
Twenty Committee, a small inter-service, inter-departmental intelligence team in charge of double agents.[5]
In November 1942, the Twenty Committee turned down Cholmondeley's Operation Mincemeat plan as being unworkable, but thought there may have been some potential in the idea. As there was a naval connection to the plan, Ewen Montagu, the naval representative, was assigned to work with Cholmondeley to develop the plan further.[6][7] As part of his duties Montagu had been briefed on the need for deception operations to aid the Allied war aims in a forthcoming invasion operation in the Mediterranean.[7]
He was awarded the
Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1944.[8]
Cholmondeley died 15 June 1982; Montagu wrote an obituary that was published in The Times.[9]
In popular culture
- In the 2021 British war drama Operation Mincemeat, Cholmondeley is played by Matthew Macfadyen.
- Cholmondeley has also been portrayed by David Cumming, Seán Carey, Jonty Peach, Christian Andrews and George Jennings in the stage musical Operation Mincemeat.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Macintyre 2010, p. 11.
- ^ "The War on Paper: Operation Mincemeat".
- ^ "R.A.A.F. AWARDS IN LONDON". Sydney Morning Herald. 9 June 1944. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Genealogy SA Online Database Search". South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Society Inc. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ Macintyre 2010, p. 13.
- ^ Macintyre 2010, pp. 19–20.
- ^ a b Smyth 2010, p. 28.
- ^ "Page 2584 | Supplement 36544, 2 June 1944 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-03-04.
- ^ Montagu, Ewen (23 June 1982). "Mr Charles Cholmondeley". The Times. No. 61267. p. 12.
Books
- ISBN 978-1-4088-0921-1.
- ISBN 978-0-19-923398-4.