CHARGES AGAINST EVAN, VISCOUNT TREDEGAR
OFFENCES
AGAINST THE ARMY ACT &
OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT
IN RESPECT OF CAPTAIN ( TEMPORARY MAJOR )
VISCOUNT
TREDEGAR ( Army Number 414702 )
[ Evan was
in the Royal Corps of Signals attached holding Battalion, Scots Guards. He also
held the post of Honorary Colonel in the
Monmouthshire Regiment ]
At the time of the offences Evan was the Officer Commanding the Special Section ( Carrier Pigeon) Service of the Royal Corps of Signals attached to MI 14
Evan, Viscount Tredegar in uniform
FROM 1943
NATIONAL
ARCHIVES FILE WO71/1078
CHARGE 1 : The first charge was laid under Section 41
of the Army Act. When on active service
committing a civil offence, that is to say unlawful communication of
information contrary to Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911, in that
you, at Ipswich on or about 4th February 1943, having in your
possession information as to carrier pigeon operations in enemy occupied
territory which you had obtained owing to your position as a person holding
office under His Majesty unlawfully communicated the same to Herbert Edward
Keys and divers other civilians then present who were not persons to whom you
were authorised to communicate it nor persons to whom it was in the interests
of the State your duty to communicate it.
CHARGE 2: The second charge
is laid under Section 40 of the Army Act.
When on active service conduct to the prejudice of good order and
military discipline, in that you, at London on or about 3rd February
1943, when Officer Commanding Special Section, Carrier Pigeon Service,
improperly informed Major C. Cassidy, M.C., Royal Army Medical Corps, who was
then visiting your office that certain pins then affixed to a map of part of
north-west Europe on the wall of the said office indicated localities connected
with operations involving the dropping of carrier pigeons by parachute in enemy
occupied territory.
CHARGE 3: The third charge is
laid under Section 41 of the Army Act. When on active service committing a
civil offence, that is to say unlawful communication of information contrary to
Section 2 of the Official Secrets Act 1911 as amended by the Official Secrets
Act 1920, in that you, at London on 15 March 1943, having in your possession
information as to carrier pigeon operations in enemy occupied territory to
which you had access owing your position as a person holding office under His
Majesty unlawfully communicated the same to Nora McIntyre and Helen Margaret
Isherwood, who were not persons to whom you were authorised to communicate it
nor persons to whom it was in the interests of the State your duty to communicate
it.
The JUDGE ADVOCATE STATED:
The charges are signed by Lt.-Col. Bland at Chelsea on the 13th April
1943. He commands the Holding Battalion
of the Scots Guards.
The charge sheet is endorsed
“To be tried by General-Court Martial” and was signed by Col. G. M. Cox,
A.A.G., for the Lieutenant-General Commanding London District at London on the
15th April 1943.
The
full story is told in the book
“ ASPECTS OF EVAN : THE LAST VISCOUNT TREDEGAR by Monty Dart and William Cross. ISBN 9781905914159. This book contains a complete transcript of the Court Martial and the sentence passed. This
disgrace led to Evan eventually leaving the army giving a leg injury as the
reason.
This has been posted in response to the history fraudsters writing in Wales on Line about Evan Morgan's part in the Second World War.
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