Thomas Cadett
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Thomas Cadett OBE, CBE
was a Times journalist and later a BBC Radio correspondent based in Paris who worked for the Special Operations Executive
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He joined a Territorial Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment in 1914 and later went to Sandhurst
. He joined the staff of The Times in 1924 and worked in many different departments, at one stage being the assistant to the Foreign Editor. In 1931 he covered the Spanish Revolution. In July 1937 he was appointed chief correspondent in Paris. In 1940 he covered the German invasion of France. The same year he took up war service and worked for the SOE's F section until 1942. He recruited Georges Bégué
He flew into Berlin to cover the Nazi surrender in 1945, ending a radio dispatch minutes after the end of World War II in Europe with the following words: 'some of us admitted to a certain temptation to pity for the conquered, but each time memories from Warsaw and Buchenwald came crowding in - to bring the realisation that this was justice; that pity was a selfish and sentimental notion.'
He watched the official signing of the surrender at a schoolhouse in Rheims, northeastern France, which served as the advance headquarters of the supreme commander in Europe, General Dwight D Eisenhower. Cadett said the signing, was carried out "on a cold and businesslike basis."
After the signing, he said General Gustav Jodl, of Germany, spoke to say the Germans had given themselves up "for better or worse into the victors' hands".
His pieces began 'Hello London' as was the style at the time.
He also covered the trial of Marshall Petain
He retired from the BBC in 1963. He lived in Alcester
, Warwickshire with his Swedish wife Hellis until the time of his death. He was made OBE in 1956 and CBE in 1962.
CBE
CBE and C.B.E. are abbreviations for "Commander of the Order of the British Empire", a grade in the Order of the British Empire.Other uses include:* Chemical and Biochemical Engineering...
was a Times journalist and later a BBC Radio correspondent based in Paris who worked for the Special Operations Executive
Special Operations Executive
The Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...
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Life and times
Thomas Tucker-Edwardes Cadett was born in London on June 7, 1898, the son of Herbert Cadett and educated at News College, Worthing and at Cranleigh.He joined a Territorial Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment in 1914 and later went to Sandhurst
Sandhurst
Sandhurst is a small town and civil parish in England of 7,966 homes and 20,803 inhabitants , primarily domiciliary in nature with a few light industries...
. He joined the staff of The Times in 1924 and worked in many different departments, at one stage being the assistant to the Foreign Editor. In 1931 he covered the Spanish Revolution. In July 1937 he was appointed chief correspondent in Paris. In 1940 he covered the German invasion of France. The same year he took up war service and worked for the SOE's F section until 1942. He recruited Georges Bégué
Georges Bégué
Georges Bégué or George P. Begue was a French engineer and agent in the Special Operations Executive.-Early life:...
He flew into Berlin to cover the Nazi surrender in 1945, ending a radio dispatch minutes after the end of World War II in Europe with the following words: 'some of us admitted to a certain temptation to pity for the conquered, but each time memories from Warsaw and Buchenwald came crowding in - to bring the realisation that this was justice; that pity was a selfish and sentimental notion.'
He watched the official signing of the surrender at a schoolhouse in Rheims, northeastern France, which served as the advance headquarters of the supreme commander in Europe, General Dwight D Eisenhower. Cadett said the signing, was carried out "on a cold and businesslike basis."
After the signing, he said General Gustav Jodl, of Germany, spoke to say the Germans had given themselves up "for better or worse into the victors' hands".
His pieces began 'Hello London' as was the style at the time.
He also covered the trial of Marshall Petain
He retired from the BBC in 1963. He lived in Alcester
Alcester
Alcester is an old market town of Roman origin at the junction of the River Alne and River Arrow in Warwickshire, England. It is situated approximately west of Stratford-upon-Avon, and 8 miles south of Redditch, close to the Worcestershire border...
, Warwickshire with his Swedish wife Hellis until the time of his death. He was made OBE in 1956 and CBE in 1962.