Kjeld Toft-Christensen

Kjeld Toft-Christensen MC (10 March 1910 – 27 November 1945), was a Special Operations Executive officer and Danish resistance fighter during the Second World War.

Life Born in Copenhagen to Aage Toft-Christensen and Elna Elise (née Bønnelycke), he emigrated from Denmark to join the French Foreign Legion.

During the Second World War Toft-Christensen served with the Free French in North Africa before he left for England where he joined the British Army. He was trained as a parachutist and in sabotage tactics in The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment) being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant. On 4 April 1944 he was dropped into Skive in Denmark to assist the local resistance under the codename "Dahl". Kjeld Toft-Christensen joined the resistance in Aarhus as a liaison and intelligence officer.

Kjeld Toft-Christensen survived the War but committed suicide on 27 November 1945, being posthumously awarded the British Military Cross in 1946.