Thomas Cadett

June 7, 1898 (age 83)

London

He joined the staff of The Times in 1924 and worked in many different departments, at one stage being the assistant to the Foreign Editor. In 1931 he covered the Spanish Revolution. In July 1937 he was appointed chief correspondent in Paris. In 1940 he covered the German invasion of France. The same year he took up war service and worked for the SOE"s F section until 1942. He recruited Georges Bégué He flew into Berlin to cover the Nazi surrender in 1945, ending a radio dispatch minutes after the end of World World War II in Europe with the following words: "some of us admitted to a certain temptation to pity for the conquered, but each time memories from Warsaw and Buchenwald came crowding in - to bring the realisation that this was justice. That pity was a selfish and sentimental notion." Cadett said the signing, was carried out "on a cold and businesslike basis." After the signing, he said General Gustav Jodl, of Germany, spoke to say the Germans had given themselves up "for better or worse into the victors" hands". His pieces began "Hello London" as was the style at the time. He also covered the trial of Marshal Philippe Pétain He retired from the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1963. He was made Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1956 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

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Thomas Tucker-Edwardes Cadett was born in London on 7 June 1898, the son of Herbert Cadett and educated at News College, Worthing and at Cranleigh.

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He joined a Territorial Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment in 1914 and later attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.

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He joined the staff of The Times in 1924 and worked in many different departments, at one stage being the assistant to the Foreign Editor. In 1931 he covered the Spanish Revolution. In July 1937 he was appointed chief correspondent in Paris.

In 1940 he covered the German invasion of France.

The same year he took up war service and worked for the SOE"s F section until 1942. He recruited Georges Bégué He flew into Berlin to cover the Nazi surrender in 1945, ending a radio dispatch minutes after the end of World World War II in Europe with the following words: "some of us admitted to a certain temptation to pity for the conquered, but each time memories from Warsaw and Buchenwald came crowding in - to bring the realisation that this was justice.

That pity was a selfish and sentimental notion."

Cadett said the signing, was carried out "on a cold and businesslike basis." After the signing, he said General Gustav Jodl, of Germany, spoke to say the Germans had given themselves up "for better or worse into the victors" hands". His pieces began "Hello London" as was the style at the time.

He also covered the trial of Marshal Philippe Pétain He retired from the British Broadcasting Corporation in 1963.

He was made Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1956 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1962.

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