Operation Mincemeat
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/c...hael,-glyndwr/
A few years back it was proposed that another body had been chosen for the Operation Mincemeat deception, a seaman from HMS Dasher which had sunk in the Clyde following an explosion. The corpse of Glyndwr Michael was several weeks old before having to be transported to Spain packed in dry ice aboard a submarine. Any pathologist could have inferred that the body had been refrigerated and was three months old than the week it was supposed to be, never mind the rat poison in the stomach. So a young seaman may rest under Major Martin's headstone in Huelva, while Michael the unfortunate tramp is honoured beneath an RN headstone in Ardrossan Cemetery.
Captivep:-
In all likelihood we'll probably never know for sure. Geriaviator is correct, there was indeed speculation that 'Major Martin' was a victim of the explosion on HMS Dasher, offering a more convincing corpse than that of Michael. The transhipment onto HMS Seraph was via Scotland anyway, but the ID docs would have needed to reflect the 'new' man. No doubt it could be done, and given the national security implications involved, if it was done then the only evidence of it left would be in their respective graves. Hopefully they will remain there, undisturbed. Some stories are better left with a perpetual question mark hanging over them....
I thought it had pretty well established (and, indeed, confirmed by HMG) that the body used was that of Glyndwr Michael
Captivep:-
In all likelihood we'll probably never know for sure. Geriaviator is correct, there was indeed speculation that 'Major Martin' was a victim of the explosion on HMS Dasher, offering a more convincing corpse than that of Michael. The transhipment onto HMS Seraph was via Scotland anyway, but the ID docs would have needed to reflect the 'new' man. No doubt it could be done, and given the national security implications involved, if it was done then the only evidence of it left would be in their respective graves. Hopefully they will remain there, undisturbed. Some stories are better left with a perpetual question mark hanging over them....
In all likelihood we'll probably never know for sure. Geriaviator is correct, there was indeed speculation that 'Major Martin' was a victim of the explosion on HMS Dasher, offering a more convincing corpse than that of Michael. The transhipment onto HMS Seraph was via Scotland anyway, but the ID docs would have needed to reflect the 'new' man. No doubt it could be done, and given the national security implications involved, if it was done then the only evidence of it left would be in their respective graves. Hopefully they will remain there, undisturbed. Some stories are better left with a perpetual question mark hanging over them....
However, as you say, whatever the truth they both deserve to remain undisturbed, at peace.
, first published 2010, provides a very thorough detailing of the operation.
