Knee, Derek

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Knee, Derek
Date of birth
1922-10-22
Date of death
2014-03-18
Field of activity
Retail trade
World War, 1939-1945--Military intelligence
Occupation
Intelligence officers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 71867280
Wikidata: Q16939463
Library of congress: n 85228285
Sources of Information
  • Telegraph (online), viewed May 19, 2014(Derek Knee; b. Derek John Knee, Oct. 22, 1922, Cheltenham; d. Mar. 18, 2014; intelligence officer who interpreted for Field Marshal Montgomery at the German surrender; his interests included retail research at Templeton College, Oxford)
  • His Strategy in retailing, 1985:t.p. (Derek Knee; Templeton Col., Oxford Centre for Management Studies)
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Wikipedia description:

Captain Derek Knee (22 October 1922 – 18 March 2014) was an intelligence officer of the British Army during World War II. He was the interpreter and translator for Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, commander of the Anglo-Canadian 21st Army Group, at the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath in Germany on 3 May 1945.

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