What key details about w. stanley moss can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: ivan william stanley '' billy '' moss mc -lrb- 15 june 1921 - 9 august 1965 -rrb- , was a british army officer in world war ii , and later a successful writer , broadcaster , journalist and traveller . he served with the coldstream guards and the special operations executive -lrb- soe -rrb- and is best known for the kidnap of general kreipe . he was a best-selling author in the 1950s , based both on his novels and books about his wartime service . his soe years are featured in '' ill met by moonlight : the abduction of general kreipe '' , -lrb- also adapted as a british film released under the main title -rrb- and '' a war of shadows '' . moss travelled around the world and went to antarctica to meet the commonwealth trans-antarctic expedition . a short biography , '' billy moss : soldier , writer , traveller - a brief life '' by alan ogden , was published in 2014 as an afterword to '' a war of shadows '' .
- birth date is 15 june 1921- branch is british army- caption is in crete -lrb- 1944 -rrb-- death date is 9 august 1965- spouse is zofia tarnowska- awards is military cross- serviceyears is 1940 1946- unit is coldstream guards special operations executive- name is william stanley moss- death place is kingston , jamaica- birth place is yokohama , japan- notableworks is ill met by moonlight- nationality is british- occupation is soldier , writer and traveller- imagesize is 225- battles is world war ii- nickname is billy- image is w. stanley moss crop.jpg- rank is major