Lt Colonel Edwin George Boxshall, MBE

Notes:

[Lt. Col. Edward Boxshall] was an intelligence officer in World War I and from 1921 to 1939 represented British companies in Romania. In World War II, he was an officer in Special Operations Executive, which controlled undercover agents in Nazi-occupied territory. Until his retirement, Mr. Boxshall was employed by the Foreign Office to advise on what should be made public about Special Operations Executive activities. Syndicated obituary "Lt. Col. Boxshall, oldest British spy," Santa Ana Orange County Register, 31 Jan 1984.

Edwin married Princess Elise (Barbu) Stirbey on 25 Apr 1920 in Bucharest, Romania, and was divorced in Nov 1947 in Nevada USA. Elise was born in 1896 in Moldova, Romania; died in 1986 in United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Divorced:
Divorce decree granted Elsie Boxhall from Edwin Boxshall, Nevada State Journal, 22 Nov 1947, p. 10.

Grounds for divorce: three years of separation.

1. Joan Elizabeth Mary (Edwin) Boxshall was born on 21 Jan 1921 in Bucharest, Romania; died on 17 Oct 1986 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.