"Tom Derek Badden"

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TOM DEREK BADEN (1921 – JUNE 10, 2019) WAS A BRITISH OFFICER WHO TOOK PART IN THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND WAS AMONG THE FIRST FOUNDERS AND COMMANDERS OF THE IDF SCHOOL OF FALL.

BIOGRAPHY
BORN IN SARAI IN ENGLAND TO THE SOUTH LONDON FAMILY. HE WAS ENROLLED IN THE SERVICE OF THE BRITISH ARMY CAVALRY FORCE IN 1938, AND SERVED IN THE MANDATORY STATE OF ISRAEL UNDER THE COMMAND OF ORAD CHARLES WINGIT.

IN 1941 HE TOOK PART AS AN OFFICER IN WHICH HE WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN HIS LEG. AFTER A SIX-MONTH RESTORATION AT THE APPLE FAMILY IN TEL AVIV, HE VOLUNTEERED FOR THE PARACHUTE REGIMENT. HE TRAINED IN EGYPT AND BREAD IN SICILY, IN THE INVASION OF NORMANDY AND NEAR ARNHEM, DURING WHICH HE WAS CAPTURED.

FOLLOWING THE DISCOVERY OF LETTERS FROM A KIBBUTZ BETWEEN HIS BELONGINGS, HE WAS SENT BY THE GERMANS FOR A MONTH IN BERGEN-BELSEN, WHERE HE CLEARED CORPSES FROM THE WITCHES. HE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO A PRISONER CAMP NEAR HAMBURG, WHERE HE WAS INCARCERATED UNTIL THE END OF WORLD WAR II.

AFTER THE WAR, HE FIRST DEALT WITH THE ARMY PARATROOPER TRAINING OF YUGOSLAVIA. HE LATER ENTERED ISRAEL IN SECRET THROUGH CYPRUS AND JOINED THE DEFENSE OF DAVID APPLE. WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF HEBREW, HE FOUGHT AGAINST THE BATTLE OF LONE. AFTER THE DEATH OF DAVID MARCUS, HE JOINED THE BRIGADE 7.

IN 1949, THE CHIEF OF STAFF SENTENCED HIM TO SEKOV TO SET UP THE SCHOOL FOR A FALL. HE WROTE THE COMMANDS OF THE FALL, WHICH WERE TRANSLATED INTO HEBREW BY HIS SECRETARY.

HE RETURNED TO BRITAIN. HE WAS MARRIED FOUR TIMES.

HE DIED ON JUNE 10, 2019.

MARGINAL COMMENTS

BRITISH OFFICERS
BRITISH OFFICERS IN WORLD WAR II
FOREIGN VOLUNTEERS TO THE LAND.
SOLDIERS OF THE PARATROOPERS BRIGADE
BRITISH BORN IN 1921
BRITISH WHO DIED IN 2019