Fraser was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire:"In February, March and April of this year, he was responsible for planning and organising infiltration and evacuation operations in Southern Holland.

Throughout, his work with IS 9 (WEA) has been outstanding, and his powers of leadership and sympathetic handling of agents have largely contributed to the success the operational teams have had during the past months.

9 Field Section in the Canadian Army sector in Holland where he did valuable work in arranging the exfiltration of allied evaders collected by Lt Kirschen (Belgian SAS Regt operation Fabian) in the Velune district.

Fraser married the future author Lady Antonia Pakenham, daughter of the Earl and Countess of Longford, on 25 September 1956.

A noted cancer researcher, Professor Gordon Hamilton Fairley, was walking past the car when the bomb exploded prematurely, killing him instantly.

[4] Sir Hugh Fraser remained in parliament until his death from lung cancer in March 1984, aged 66.