Frederick Cardozo

Lt. Col Frederick Henry Cardozo MC (1 December 1916 – 7 October 2011) was a British soldier and SOE veteran.

In recognition of his work for the French resistance, Cardozo was awarded both the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre.

Whilst on exercises in Scotland, Cardozo was approached by Henry Thackthwaite, a senior SOE officer, who recruited him for operations in France; as a fluent French speaker he was a natural choice for such a posting.

Cardozo stayed in the army after the war, retiring in 1958, when he worked as a press attaché for American forces in France.

When France left the command structure of NATO in 1966, he returned to England and became secretary to the president of the Latin Mass Society, Harman Grisewood, his first cousin.