Brigadier General Eric Edward Mockler-Ferryman CBE (1896–1978)[1] was a British army military intelligence officer who wrote the British official history of the Second World War between 1947 and 1952.[2][3] During the Second World War, Ferryman headed the German section of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI), he was General Eisenhower's chief of intelligence in the run-up to Operation Torch,[4][5] and he ended the war with a transfer to the civilian Special Operations Executive (SOE).[6] He was awarded the Legion of Merit.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Ferryman, Col Eric Edward Mockler- - Archives Hub". archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  2. ↑ Ball, Gassert, Gestrich & Neitzel, "Cultures of Intelligence in the Era of the World Wars", pg. 225
  3. ↑ Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (2004-09-23). "Eric Edward Mockler-Ferryman". The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. pp. ref:odnb/31452. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31452. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  4. ↑ Ambrose, Stephen E. (1981). "Eisenhower and the Intelligence Community in World War II". Journal of Contemporary History. pp. 153–166. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  5. ↑ "Brigadier E E Mockler-Ferryman CB CBE MC". Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  6. ↑ Ball, Gassert, Gestrich & Neitzel, pg. 226
  7. ↑ "U.S. Army general awarding medals to British officers". Densho Digital Repository. Retrieved 2022-10-30.

Primary sources

Ball, Gassert, Gestrich & Neitzel, "Cultures of Intelligence in the Era of the World Wars", New York: Oxford, 2020

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