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This record is about the Richard Paul Francis MATON: captured in Crete in 1941, he joined the British Free... dating from 1943 Nov 22-1945 Dec 21 in the series The Security Service: Personal (PF Series) Files. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Richard Paul Francis MATON: captured in Crete in 1941, he joined the British Free Corps and broadcast propaganda in 1943. Court martialled in 1945, he was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for voluntarily aiding the enemy.
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