I can see no-one will get this one, so here's the answer:
Brigadier James Hargest.
Hargest was a New Zealander who had fought in WW1 and turned to politics by the 30s. He was in command of a Brigade at Crete and taken POW in the Western Desert. He was sent to a POW Camp in Italy, from where he escaped and made his way to Spain, then into occupied France and back to England. He wrote up his experiences in 'Escape from Campo 12'. Afterwards he became the New Zealand observer in Normandy, and was called back to NZ. He went round to visit friends one last time, when a stary mortar round killed him outright. He is buried in Hottot War Cemetery in Normandy. Quite a man!
Okay, so I'll have to think up an EASIER question this time...
