Theodore Zissu

Second Lieutenant Theodore ('Teddy') Zissu was an officer of the British Army who died during the Second World War.
He was born on 5 May 1916, in Bucharest, Romania,Anderson - Trinity College Chapel, trinitycollegechapel.com. Retrieved 5 July 2015. the son of Abraham Leib and Rachel Zissu (née Zimmer). His father was a writer and journalist, and a Zionist leader.Zissu, Abraham Leib, yivoencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 5 July 2015. Educated at the French Gymnasium in Berlin and at Trinity College, Zissu became a lawyer and followed in his father's political footsteps. He formed the Negev Group, which advocated in Britain for the inclusion of the mostly uninhabited desert in a future Jewish state.Rubinstein, William D. (2011), The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History, p. 1059.
In 1940, Zissu proposed the name 'Liberty Legion' for a unit which could recruit refugees and other foreign volunteers for the Allied cause. Zissu himself joined the British Army, and in June 1941 obtained a commission in the Royal Tank Corps.The London Gazette (35218), p. 4056. 15 July 1941. Retrieved 5 July 2015. While seconded to the 9th Queen's Royal Lancers, Zissu died on 3 November 1942 after being mortally wounded during Operation 'Supercharge', in the Second Battle of El Alamein.Bright, John 1951), The Ninth Queen's Royal Lancers, 1936-1945: The Story of an Armoured Regiment in Battle, p. 119.
He is buried in Hadra War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria. A square in the Israeli town of Beersheva is named after him.
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*Zissu, Theodore, cwgc.org. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
Category:1916 births
Category:1942 deaths
Category:Romanian military personnel
Category:British military personnel
Category:British people of Jewish descent
Category:British people of Romanian descent
Category:Buried in Egypt
Category:Second Lieutenants