[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Captain Allan Mann

Captain Allan Mann passed away 5th December 2005 in Stockholm. I have in an earlier post described some parts of his unique career.

He had never fullfilled basic military training. Aged 18 he joined the Labour Corps in the Finish Winter War but was transferred to the Voluntrary Expeditionary Force where he was an orderly to Captain Malcolm Murray.

In 1940 the joined the Norwegian Army and fought in the Kongsvinger and Narvik Campaignes. He then joined British Forces in Scotland as a member of the famous Linge Company.

In 1941 he was considered unfit for military service by the Swedish Army due to his war injuries. Newertheless he joined SOE and made 52 trips to Norway as a courier. He served 68 months during the war followed by 48 months as an instructor of the Norwegian Military Academy.

In 1951 he joined Royal Swedish Military Academy where he was an instructor of amongst other close combat. He was my instructor at the Academy and loved by us all. He retired in 1984 after more than 30 years of service with the Academy.

His war decorations included British Military Medal, French Croix de Guerre and Legion d´Honneur aswell as Norwegian 0rder of S:t Olav.