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Peter Morland Churchill
Born(1909-01-14)14 January 1909
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Died1 May 1972(1972-05-01) (aged 63)
Le Rouret, France
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service/branchBritish Army
Years of service1940–1945
RankCaptain
Service number162707
UnitArmy Intelligence Corps
Special Operations Executive
Battles/warsSecond World War
AwardsDistinguished Service Order
Croix de Guerre (France)
Spouse(s)
Odette Sansom
(m. 1947; div. 1956)
Irene Hoyle
(m. 1957)

Peter Morland Churchill, DSO Croix de Guerre (1909 – 1972) was a British Special Operations Executive (SOE) officer in France during the Second World War. His wartime operations, which resulted in his capture and imprisonment in German concentration camps and his subsequent marriage to fellow SOE officer Odette Sansom, received considerable attention after the war, including a 1950 film.

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