12-408: Deinboll is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Peter Deinboll (1915–1944), Norwegian engineer and resistance member Rikka Deinboll (1897–1973), Norwegian librarian and translator Tore Deinboll (1910–1988), Norwegian artist, cartoonist, and illustrator, stepson of Rikka [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
24-645: A degree in chemistry from the Norwegian Institute of Technology , and worked at the railway workshop at Thamshavn before the outbreak of World War II . When World War II reached Norway, he participated in Norwegian campaign battles. He fled to the United Kingdom in 1941 and was enrolled in the Special Operations Executive . In 1942 he led a series of sabotage operations directed against
36-641: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Peter Deinboll Peter Vogelius Deinboll , DSO , MC (29 July 1915 – 8 November 1944) was a Norwegian engineer, and resistance member during World War II . He was born in Sulitjelma as a son of Peter Blessing Deinboll and Sigfrid Hildur Deinboll, née Nagell. His parents hailed from Nærøy Municipality and Haugesund Municipality . He grew up in Orkanger , where his father worked for Salvesen & Thams at Thamshamn from 1920. Peter Deinboll had
48-553: Is the highest ranking Norwegian gallantry decoration. It is awarded for extraordinary brave actions or extraordinary leadership during combat. A recipient deemed worthy of additional citations will receive up to an additional two swords on the medal ribbon in addition to the "standard" single sword. Additional citations are rare: Gunnar Sønsteby is the only person to have received the War Cross with three swords (more appropriately known as "War Cross with sword and two swords"). The medal
60-413: The surname Deinboll . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Deinboll&oldid=1022102758 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
72-609: The British Army: Recipients of the War Cross are ranked 33 in the national Norwegian order of precedence , after bearers of Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav with collar and before recipients of the Medal for Outstanding Civic Achievement . If not stated otherwise, all recipients were soldiers of the Polish Independent Highland Brigade ( Samodzielna Brygada Strzelcow Podhalanskich ), awarded 1942. All
84-791: The Deinboll group had been sent to Oslo to be repaired at Skabo , but was eventually blown up by the sabotage group Oslogjengen in September 1944. Deinboll was decorated with the War Cross with Sword , the St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch , the Distinguished Service Order and Bar and the Military Cross . War Cross (Norway) The War Cross with Sword ( Norwegian Bokmål : Krigskorset med sverd, Norwegian Nynorsk : Krigskrossen med sverd )
96-688: The German transport ship Nordfahrt (5,000 ton) was sunk at Thamshavn. The third operation, in October–November 1943, resulted in the blowing-up and destruction of five locomotives, and damaging others. Locomotives were not easy to replace, because the track width of the Thamshavn Line was not used by other railways in Europe. A fourth operation carried out by group Feather II led to further destruction of material. An electric locomotive which had been damaged by
108-624: The Norwegian Armed Forces commissioned Marcus Paus to write a major work to tell the stories of the War Cross recipients. The Armed Forces said the idea is that the work will be a major "identity-building and unifying" work for the armed forces. Since its inception, the War Cross has been awarded to 126 non-Norwegians. These awards were mostly for actions during the Norwegian Campaign of 1940. The number of recipients from various nations: Gazetted 11 August 1942 while serving with
120-452: The sword. The statutes were amended on 18 May 1945, restricting awards to the actions of military personnel in combat situations, thus all subsequent decorations would to be "with sword". At the same time, Haakon VII's Freedom Cross was established to replace the War Cross for civilian achievements. Awards of the War Cross ceased in 1949, but on 26 June 2009 the statutes were again revised to permit awards for actions after 1945. In 2022,
132-572: The transport of pyrites from the mines at Løkken Verk to Germany. He disappeared during air transport between the United Kingdom and Norway, 8 November 1944. Denboll was in charge of three of the sabotage operations directed against transport of pyrite from Løkken. The first operation took place in April–May 1942, when a transformer station at the Thamshavn Line was blown up. The second operation lasted from September 1942 until early 1943, when
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#1733085533114144-592: Was established on 23 May 1941 by royal resolution of King Haakon VII , who was in London with the government in exile due to the German occupation of Norway . At that time, "royal" awards were made (to members of the British Royal family for example) and awards could be made for meritorious activities not associated with combat (extraordinary achievements or contributions for Norway's cause and war effort): these were made without
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