serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit awards battles birth_date rank article_title name
1939-1945 special operations executive british army united kingdom 19 march 2010 upper hungary , austria-hungary united kingdom no. 10 -lrb- inter-allied -rrb- commando military cross world war ii 18 january 1915 colonel george lane -lrb- british army officer -rrb-
 george lane
george lane -lrb- british army officer -rrb-

george henry lane , mc -lrb- 18 january 1915 -- 19 march 2010 -rrb- was a british army officer in the commandos during world war ii , achieving the rank of colonel .
he performed a number of missions behind enemy lines .
captured on one such mission , lane was spared after he had tea with erwin rommel , and later escaped .
