Eddy Blondeel

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Edouard "Eddy" Blondeel
Nickname(s)	Captain Blunt
Born	(1906-01-25)25 January 1906 Ghent, Belgium
Died	23 May 2000(2000-05-23) (aged 94) Brussels, Belgium
Allegiance	Belgium
Service/branch	Free Belgian Forces Belgian Army
Years of service	1929-1930 1940-1947
Rank	Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit	5th SAS 1st Parachute Battalion
Battles/wars	Western Front (World War II) Allied advance from Paris to the Rhine Ardennes offensive Western Allied invasion of Germany
Awards	Order of the Crown, Commander grade Order of Leopold II, Commander grade with palm Leopold Order, Officer Grade with palm Belgian War Cross 1940-1945 with palm French Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 with palm Legion d'honneur, Officer Grade Luxembourg War Cross Dutch Bronzen Leeuw Distinguished Service Order (United Kingdom)
Other work	Engineer

Lieutenant-Colonel Dr. (Dent.) Edouard "Eddy" Blondeel DSO (25 January 1906 – 23 May 2000) was the wartime commander of the Belgian 5th SAS during World War II. Following the war he was first Commanding Office of the 1st Regiment of Parachutists. He retired from the army in 1947 to work as an engineer with Wiggins Teape.^[1]