Edgar Emil Manicus Nielsen (4346 - 8627 - "Tom", "Tommy") - født i 1892

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Tom Nilsen ble immatrikulert ved University of Cambridge i 1911. Utdannelsen kvalifiserte til tjeneste i diplomatiet. I årene 1916–1919 var han britisk visekonsul i Ålesund og dessuten en kort tid i 1919 ved den britiske legasjonen i Oslo. I årene 1919–1923 besøkte han Russland i forbindelse med utlevering av krigsfanger, han var i Slesvig i forbindelse med folkeavstemningen der angående nasjonstilknytning, i Paris som sekretær for Åland-kommisjonen og sist i Romania i firmaet Astra Romana.

Døde i 1962.

Ian Herrington - PhD - 2004

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He had worked in Norway on and off since:
1916 for SIS and then the
Foreign Office.
He was Vice Consul at Skien in 1940 when Norway was invaded.
After two weeks he escaped to Sweden but was eventually appointed
vice-consul at Petsamo in Finland.
By the summer of 1941 he was back working in the British Legation in Stockholm and from October 1941 gradually took over the work that Munthe and Marks had carried out in Norway.
In December 1941 he was given full responsibility for Norway, a post he held until the end of the war. In July 1942 his symbol changed to 8627.

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