List of SOE Agents - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following is an incomplete list of agents who served in the field for the Special Operations Executive

Special Operations Executive

The Special Operations Executive was a World War II organisation of the United Kingdom. It was officially formed by Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct guerrilla warfare against the Axis powers and to instruct and aid local...

during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Lorraine Adie	F	BR	1916-		Married American United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... OSS Office of Strategic Services The Office of Strategic Services was a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II. It was the wartime intelligence agency, and it was a predecessor of the Central Intelligence Agency... agent Miles Copeland, Jr. Miles Copeland, Jr. Miles Axe Copeland, Jr. was an American musician, businessman, and CIA officer who was closely involved in major foreign-policy operations from the 1950s to the 1980s...
Francine Agazarian Francine Agazarian Francoise Isabella "Francine" Agazarian was a World War II spy working with the Special Operations Executive .-SOE Work:...	French	British	1913–1999	MiD	Wife of Jack Agazarian Jack Agazarian Jack Charles Stanmore Agazarian was a British espionage agent who worked for the Special Operations Executive inside France...
Jack Agazarian Jack Agazarian Jack Charles Stanmore Agazarian was a British espionage agent who worked for the Special Operations Executive inside France...	F		1916–1945
Juliane Aisner Juliane Aisner Juliane Aisner was a World War II Resistance Agent, working the Special Operations Executive .French by birth, Aisner was recruited by Henri Dericourt to work with the SOE in Paris in February 1941...	French	French	1919-1980s
Roland Alexandre	F		1921–1944
Elisee Allard			1916–1944
Rehavam Amir Rehavam Amir Rehavam Amir , Israel, Born 1 January 1916, Eretz – Israeli Parachutist, Ambassador, Chief of Protocol, Senior Staff – Israeli Ministry for Foreign Affairs.-The First Years:...			1916-
Phillip Amphlett			1921–1945
James Amps			1908–1945
France Antelme France Antelme Major Joseph Antoine France Antelme OBE was one of 14 Franco-Mauritians who served in the Special Operations Executive , a World War II British secret service that sent spies, saboteurs and guerrilla fighters into enemy-occupied territory.After spying in Vichy-held Madagascar ahead of the allied...	F	Mauritian	1900–1945
Claude Arnault

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Dorothy Baden-Powell	Scandinavian	British	1920-		WRNS
Claude de Baissac Claude de Baissac Claude Denis Boucherville de Baissac, known as Claude de Baissac or by his codename David was a Mauritius-born agent in the Special Operations Executive...	F	Mauritian	1907-1974		Brother of Lisé de Baissac Lisé de Baissac Lise Marie Jeanette de Baissac was born in Mauritius of French descent and British nationality. She was a heroine of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, a special agent who risked her life running her own operations, but was denied a gallantry award after the war.-Escape... and husband of Mary Katherine Herbert Mary Katherine Herbert Mary Katherine Herbert was a member of the Special Operations Executive during World War II and worked as a courier for the French Section.- Early war service :...
Lisé de Baissac Lisé de Baissac Lise Marie Jeanette de Baissac was born in Mauritius of French descent and British nationality. She was a heroine of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, a special agent who risked her life running her own operations, but was denied a gallantry award after the war.-Escape...	French	Mauritian	1905–2004		Brother of SOE Agent Claude de Baissac Claude de Baissac Claude Denis Boucherville de Baissac, known as Claude de Baissac or by his codename David was a Mauritius-born agent in the Special Operations Executive...
Madeleine Barclay Madeleine Barclay First Officer Madeleine Bayard, WRNS, , served as Madeleine Barclay on HMS Fidelity, on agent-running operations into Vichy France. She was lost, with the rest of the crew, when the ship was sunk in 1943....	French	French	1911–1943		WRNS, KIA aboard HMS Fidelity
Denis Barrett			1916–1944		KIA
Yvonne Baseden Yvonne Baseden Yvonne Jeanne de Vibraye Baseden was one of only 50 or so female SOE Agents.-Background and early life:She was born in Rue Violet, Paris. Baseden's father was a World War I pilot in the Royal Flying Corps. He crash landed in France at the home of the Comte de Vibraye, where he was invited by the...	French	French	1922-?	MBE, LdH, CdeG
Alcide Beauregard			1917–1944		KIA
Francis Eugene Bec			1905–1944		KIA
Major Stanley Beckinsale			1920–2004
Yolande Beekman Yolande Beekman Yolande Beekman was a World War II spy.-Early life:...	French	Swuss	1911–1944	MiD	KIA at Dachau concentration camp
Georges Bégué Georges Bégué Georges Bégué or George P. Begue was a French engineer and agent in the Special Operations Executive.-Early life:...	F	French	1911–1993
Herbert John Bell	Albania/Italy	British	1919- 2001	MM
Robert Benoist Robert Benoist Robert Marcel Charles Benoist was a French Grand Prix motor racing driver and war hero.-Early life:Born near Rambouillet, Île-de-France, France, Robert Benoist was the son of Baron Henri de Rothschild's gamekeeper...	F	French	1895–1944		KIA
Kem Bennett			1919–1986
Louis Bertheau			1919–1945		KIA
Gustave "Guy" Biéler Gustave Biéler Gustave Daniel Alfred Biéler DSO MBE was a Special Operations Executive agent during World War II.Gustave Bieler was born in Beurlay in France. At the age of twenty, he emigrated to Canada where he settled in the city of Montreal working as a school teacher and then as an official translator for...	F	Canadian	1904–1944	DSO MBE
Emanuel Bierer			1884-ukn
Helen Bierer			1885-ukn		Full Name Helen Anna Agate Thormann-Bierer
Andre Bloch			1914–1942		KIA
Denise Bloch Denise Bloch Denise Madeleine Bloch was a French secret agent working with the British Special Operations Executive in World War II.- Early life :...	French		1916–1945	KCBC, LdH, CdeG	KIA at Ravensbrück concentration camp Ravensbrück concentration camp Ravensbrück was a notorious women's concentration camp during World War II, located in northern Germany, 90 km north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück ....
Marcus Bloom			1907-1944
Bridget Blundell			-1999	OBE
Nicholas Bodington Nicholas Bodington Nicholas Redner Bodington OBE was, during the Second World War, a head of F section of the Special Operations Executive. He took part in 4 missions to France.-Pre-war:...	F	British	1904–1974	OBE
Andrée Borrel Andrée Borrel Andrée Raymonde Borrel was a French heroine of World War II.-Early life:Andrée Borrel was born into a working-class family in Louveciennes, Yvelines in the suburbs of Paris, growing up an active girl who liked hiking and most other outdoor activities...	French	French	1919–1944	CdeG	KIA at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
Jean Bouguennec	F		1912–1944		KIA
Tony Brooks Anthony Brooks Major Anthony Morris "Tony" Brooks was a British undercover agent in World War II. He received the Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Croix de Guerre, and Legion d'Honneur for his work as a leader of a group sabotaging German reinforcements prior to and during the Normandy invasion...	F	British	1922–2007	DSO, MC, CdeG, LdH
Captain Basil Brown			1918–1970	MBE
Joséf Bublik
Maurice Buckmaster Maurice Buckmaster Colonel Maurice James Buckmaster OBE was the leader of the French section of Special Operations Executive and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. He was a corporate manager with the French branch of the Ford Motor Company, in the postwar years serving in Dagenham...	F	British	1902–1992	MBE, CdeG	F Section Chief
Christopher Burney Christopher Burney Christopher Arthur Geoffrey Burney MBE was an upper-class Englishman who served in the Special Operations Executive during World War II.-Biography:...	F	British	1917–1980	MBE
Pierre Brossolette Pierre Brossolette Pierre Brossolette was a French journalist, left-wing politician, a top leader and major hero of French Resistance.-Education and journalism:...	F	French	1903–1944	LdH, CdG, CdlL, MdlR
Norman Burley					Real Name: Noel Fernand Rauol Burdeyron
Sonya Butt Sonya Butt Sonya Esmée Florence Butt MBE, also known as Sonia d'Artois, was a heroine of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War.- Early life :Sonya Butt was born in Kent on 14 May 1924...	French	British	1924-	MBE, MiD	Married fellow SOE agent Guy d'Artois Guy D'Artois Major Lionel Guy d'Artois ,DSO, GM, Croix de Guerre was a Canadian Army officer and SOE agent.Lionel Guy d'Artois was born in Richmond, Quebec in 1917. He joined the Militia...
Muriel Byck	French	British	1918–1944	MiD	Died in service of meningitis at Romorantin Romorantin Romorantin is a traditional French variety of white wine grape, that is a sibling of Chardonnay. Once quite widely grown in the Loire, it has now only seen in the Cour-Cheverny AOC. It produces intense, minerally wines somewhat reminiscent of Chablis.... Hospital
Robert Bennett Byerly			1916–1944

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Eric Cauchi	F Stockbroker	Greek	1917–1944	MiD, CdG, M.R.F.
Francis Cammaerts Francis Cammaerts Francis Charles Albert Cammaerts DSO was an outstanding Special Operations Executive agent who organised French Resistance groups to sabotage German communications in occupied France.-Early life:...	F Donkeyman Jockey	British	1916–2006	DSO, LdH, CdeG
William John Chalk			1899-ukn
Robert Arthur Chapman			1901-ukn
Blanche Charlet	French	British	1898-1985	MBE
Marie Thérèse Le Chêne	F	French
Oliver Churchill Oliver Churchill Major William Oliver Churchill DSO MC was an SOE officer during World War II.He was a brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill DSO DFC and Captain Peter Churchill DSO Croix de Guerre.-Biography:...	Italy	British	1914–1997		Brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill Walter Churchill Group Captain Walter Myers Churchill DSO DFC was a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II.He was a brother of Captain Peter Churchill DSO Croix de Guerre, and Major Oliver Churchill DSO MC, both of whom were SOE officers during World War II.... and Captain Peter Churchill Peter Churchill Peter Morland Churchill DSO Croix de Guerre was an SOE Officer in France during World War II.He was a brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill DSO DFC and Major Oliver Churchill DSO MC who was also an SOE Officer during World War II.-Biography:...
Odette Churchill	F	British			See Odette Sansom
Peter Churchill Peter Churchill Peter Morland Churchill DSO Croix de Guerre was an SOE Officer in France during World War II.He was a brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill DSO DFC and Major Oliver Churchill DSO MC who was also an SOE Officer during World War II.-Biography:...	F	British	1909–1972		Brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill Walter Churchill Group Captain Walter Myers Churchill DSO DFC was a Royal Air Force pilot during World War II.He was a brother of Captain Peter Churchill DSO Croix de Guerre, and Major Oliver Churchill DSO MC, both of whom were SOE officers during World War II.... and Major Oliver Churchill Oliver Churchill Major William Oliver Churchill DSO MC was an SOE officer during World War II.He was a brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill DSO DFC and Captain Peter Churchill DSO Croix de Guerre.-Biography:...
Arthur Christie Arthur Christie Arthur Christie was seconded into Special Operations Executive on the 22 April 1940 at Aston House Stevenage, where he was to become one of the founding members of SOE. He was originally trained as an explosives expert, laying charges at the Coalface as a miner...		British	1921–2003
Marcel Clech			1905–1944
George Clement			1917–1944
Jean Coleman Jean Coleman Jean Henri Coleman was a wartime member of the Special Operations Executive.Jean Henri Coleman was born in Neuilly sur Seine, France the son of John Henry Coleman, an English banker, and Eugenie Eulalie Rime, originating from Switzerland.He married Deirdre Brownlow in 1943.-Wartime exploits:After...	F	British	1908–1982
Adolphus Richard Cooper			1899-ukn
Ted Coppin			1915–1943
Yvonne Cormeau Yvonne Cormeau Yvonne Cormeau, born Beatrice Yvonne Biesterfeld was a heroine of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War who was the second female radio operator to be sent to France and who talked her way out of arrest by pretending her wireless was an X-ray machine.-Early life:Beatrice...	French	British	1909–1997	MBE, LdH, CdeG
Henri Cornioley	F	British	1914–2008		Husband of Pearl Witherington Pearl Witherington Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley CBE was a World War II SOE agent born in Paris to British parents.-Wartime service:...
Noel Coward Noël Coward Sir Noël Peirce Coward was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise".Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy...		British	1899–1972
Andrew Croft Andrew Croft Colonel Noel Andrew Cotton Croft DSO OBE , was a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, with operations in Norway and Corsica, as well as Military attaché to Sweden, an explorer, holding the longest self-sustaining journey in the Guinness Book of Records for more than...	Norway	British	1906–1998	DSO, OBE
Mike Cumberlege			1905-1945

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Madeleine Damerment Madeleine Damerment Madeleine Zoe Damerment was a World War II spy.-Biography:...	French	French	1917–1944		KIA at Dachau concentration camp
Guy D'Artois Guy D'Artois Major Lionel Guy d'Artois ,DSO, GM, Croix de Guerre was a Canadian Army officer and SOE agent.Lionel Guy d'Artois was born in Richmond, Quebec in 1917. He joined the Militia...	F	Canadian	1917–1999	DSO, GM, CdeG
Jimmy Davies		British	1913–1940	DFC, MiD	KIA
Marcel Defence			1920–1944
Ange Defendini			1909–1944
George Demand			unk-1944
Delmeire Alphonse	F	Belgian	1919–1944		KIA 7 June 1944 in Germany
Francois Adolphe Deniset			1917–1944
Henri Dericourt Henri Dericourt Henri Dericourt was a French agent for Special Operations Executive. There is ambiguity as to whether he became a double agent for the Sicherheitsdienst , or was working under British instructions.-Life and work:...	F	French	1909–1962		Possibly a double agent Double agent A double agent, commonly abbreviated referral of double secret agent, is a counterintelligence term used to designate an employee of a secret service or organization, whose primary aim is to spy on the target organization, but who in fact is a member of that same target organization oneself. They...
Julien Detal			unk-1944
Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester Elizabeth Devereux Rochester was a member of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry who served with the Special Operations Executive during World War II and worked as a courier for the French Section.-Early Life:The daughter of American parents, Babe Gunning and Richmond Rochester, Devereux Rochester was...	French	British	1917-1983?	LdH, CdeG
Douglas Dodds-Parker Douglas Dodds-Parker Sir Arthur Douglas Dodds-Parker was a member of the Special Operations Executive in the Second World War, and later a British Conservative Party politician....		British	1909–2006	LdH, CdeG, MiD
Derek Dodson
Roland Dowlen			1907–1945
André Dubois			1906–1944
Emile Duboudin			1907–1945
Gustave Duclos			1916–2002
Phillip Duclos			1923–1944
Alix D'Unienville Alix D'Unienville Alix D'Unienville was a member of the Special Operations Executive during World War II and worked as a courier for the French Section....	F	Mauritian	1919-
Gavan Bernard Duffy			1916-1990	MC

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Alf Espedal		1914–1969
Reginald Harold Everson		1923–1990

F

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Albert George Falla			1918–1997
Leon Faye
Eugene Felangue			1912–1945
Patrick Leigh Fermor Patrick Leigh Fermor Sir Patrick "Paddy" Michael Leigh Fermor, DSO, OBE was a British author, scholar and soldier, who played a prominent role behind the lines in the Cretan resistance during World War II. He was widely regarded as "Britain's greatest living travel writer", with books including his classic A Time of...	Crete	British	1915-2011	DSO, OBE
David Finlayson			1923–1944
Yvonne Fontaine Yvonne Fontaine Yvonne Fontaine was a member of the French Resistance working with the Special Operations Executive .- Resistance & Special Operations Executive work :...	F	French	1913–1996	MdlRF
Marcel Fox			1910–1945
Henri Frager Henri Frager Henri Jacques Paul Frager was a member of the French Resistance during World War II . He was in succession, second in command of the CARTE network , then head of the SOE network DONKEYMAN, rising to the rank of major within SOE...	F	French	1897–1944	MiD, MdlRF	KIA

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Henri Gaillot	F		1896–1944		KIA
Albrecht Gaiswinkler Albrecht Gaiswinkler Albrecht Gaiswinkler was an Austrian civil servant, social democrat politician and resistance fighter, who, some believe, saved the Mona Lisa from destruction in an Austrian salt mine towards the end of World War II....	F	Austrian	1905–1979
Harry Gamwell			1912–1998
Emile Garry			1909–1944		KIA
P A H Geelen			1916–1944		KIA
Haim Gerson
Harry Graham			1910–1945		KIA
Sverre Granlund Sverre Granlund Corporal Sverre Granlund was a Norwegian commando during the Second World War.-Early life and World War II:He was born in Sauherad, to a father from Øyer and a mother from Høyland. He lived initially in Saltdal and later, Bodø. His job was at the Nordland Line...	Norway	Norwegian	1918–1943	DCM, WCS
William Grover-Williams William Grover-Williams William Charles Frederick Grover-Williams , also known as "W Williams", was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and special agent who worked for the Special Operations Executive inside France. He organized and coordinated the Chestnut network...	F	British	1903–1945		KIA
Armel Guerne			1911–1980

H

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Virginia Hall Virginia Hall Virginia Hall, MBE, DSC was an American spy during World War II. She was also known by many aliases: "Marie Monin", "Germaine", "Diane", "Marie of Lyon" and "Camille". The Germans gave her the nickname Artemis...	French	American	1906–1982	MBE, DSC	Post war worked for the CIA
Odette Hallowes	F	British	1912-1995	GC, MBE, CdeG	see Odette Sansom Odette Sansom Odette Sansom Hallowes GC, MBE, Chevalier de la légion d'honneur was an Allied heroine of the Second World War.-Early years:...
John Hamilton			1907–1944
John Berisford "Jack" Hayes			1904-
Victor Hayes			1908–1944
Mary Hemmings			1914-
Mary Katherine Herbert Mary Katherine Herbert Mary Katherine Herbert was a member of the Special Operations Executive during World War II and worked as a courier for the French Section.- Early war service :...	French	Irish	1903–1983		First WAAF Officer to join the SOE
Richard Harry Heslop Richard Harry Heslop Major Richard Harry Heslop , DSO was a British agent for the Special Operations Executive during World War II....	F	British	1907-1970	DSO, LdH, CdeG
George Hiller	F	British	1916–1972
Marcel Homet			1897-unk
Desmond Hubble			1910–1944
Max Hymans Max Hymans Max Hymans , was a notable leftist French politician, member of the resistance, and director of Air France.-Gallery:...	F	French	1900–1961

I

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Captain Basil Irwin	Yugoslavia and Italy			MC	Liaison Officer

J

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Peter Johnsen
Sydney Jones			1902–1944
Ginette Julliane
Clement Jumeau			1914–1944

K

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Noor Inyat Khan	French	Russian	1914–1944	GC, MBE, CdeG, MiD	KIA at Dachau concentration camp
Andrzej Kowerski Andrzej Kowerski Andrzej Kowerski was a Polish Army officer and SOE agent in World War II. From 1941 he used the nom de guerre "Andrew Kennedy."-Life:During the German invasion of Poland in September 1939, Lieutenant Kowerski fought gallantly as a member of Poland's 10th Motorized Cavalry Brigade, commanded by Col...		Polish	1912–1988		also known as Andrew Kennedy
Mary Knowles			1917–2003		also known as Christine
Marguerite Knight Marguerite Knight Marguerite "Peggy" Knight MBE was a member of the Women's Transport Service who served with the Special Operations Executive during World War II and worked as a courier for the French Section....	French	British	1920-	MBE

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
A R Landsdell
Maurice Larcher
James Larose
Phyliss Latour Phyliss Latour Phyliss "Pippa" Latour MBE, was a heroine of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War.-Early life:Latour's father, Philippe, was French and married to Louise, a British citizen living in South Africa, where Phyllis was born in 1921....	F	British	1921-	MBE, CdeG
Madeleine Lavigne	F	French	unk-1945
Marcel Leccia
Jacques Paul Henri Ledoux
Christopher Lee Christopher Lee Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee, CBE, CStJ is an English actor and musician. Lee initially portrayed villains and became famous for his role as Count Dracula in a string of Hammer Horror films...			1922-
Lionel Lee
Cecily Lefort Cecily Lefort Cecily Lefort was a British SOE agent, during World War II.-Early life:Born as Cecily Margot MacKenzie in London of Scottish ancestry, she lived on the coast of Brittany in France from the age of 24 with her French husband, Dr...	French	British	1900–1945	CdeG, MiD	KIA at Ravensbrück concentration camp Ravensbrück concentration camp Ravensbrück was a notorious women's concentration camp during World War II, located in northern Germany, 90 km north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück ....
Vera Leigh Vera Leigh Vera Leigh was a British spy during World War II who assisted the French Resistance. In 1944 she was captured by the Germans and executed.-Early life:...	French	British	1903–1944	KCBC	KIA at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
M A Lepage
E Lesout

M

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Amédée Maingard Amédée Maingard Amédée Maingard was born in Mauritius, then a British colony.During World War II he served with distinction with the British special services supporting the French resistance, and was awarded medals by the British and French governments.After the war he returned to Mauritius and became a...	F	Mauritian	1918–1981	DSO, CdeG
Claude Raymond Malraux
Andre Adrian Jules Maugenet
Comte Jacques-Arthus Marc de Montalembert
Ernest Miller
Gavin Maxwell Gavin Maxwell Gavin Maxwell FRSL, FIAL, FZS , FRGS was a Scottish naturalist and author, best known for his work with otters. He wrote the book Ring of Bright Water about how he brought an otter back from Iraq and raised it in Scotland...	Instructor	British	1914–1969
James Andrew Mayer
James Francis George Mennesson
Francois Gerard Michel
George Millar	F	British	DSO MC	DSO MC
G B McBain
John Kenneth Macalister John Kenneth Macalister John Kenneth Macalister was a Canadian hero of World War II.Ken Macalister graduated the Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute and from the University of Toronto, then as a Rhodes Scholar studied at Oxford University...	F	Canadian	1914–1944		KIA
S Makowski
R M A Mathieu
W. Stanley Moss W. Stanley Moss Ivan William "Billy" Stanley Moss MC , was a British army officer in World War II, and later a successful writer, broadcaster, journalist and traveller. He served with the Coldstream Guards and the Special Operations Executive . He was a best-selling author in the 1950s, based both on his novels...	Crete	British	1919–1964	MC
Pierre Louis Mulsant
Buntie Aurelle Neredah Macklin-Sprake

N

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Eileen Nearne Eileen Nearne Eileen Mary "Didi" Nearne MBE, was a member of the UK's Special Operations Executive during World War II. She served in occupied France as a radio operator under the codename "Rose".-Early life and career:...	French	British	1921–2010	MBE, CdeG	Sister of SOE agents Jacqueline & Francis Nearne
Francis Nearne	F	British			Brother of SOE agents Eileen & Jacqueline Nearne
Jacqueline Nearne Jacqueline Nearne Jacqueline Nearne MBE was a secret agent for the British Special Operations Executive in Nazi-occupied France during World War II.-Biography:...	French	British	1916–1982	MBE	Sister of SOE agents Eileen & Francis Nearne
Isidore Newman
Alfred Newton
Henry Newton
Gilbert Norman Gilbert Norman Gilbert Maurice Norman was born 1914 in Saint-Cloud,Hauts-de-Seine to an English father and a French mother and was educated in France and England....	F	British	1914–1944		KIA

O

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Sonia Olschanezky	French	Russian/French	1923–1944		KIA at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
Patricia O'Sullivan Patricia O'Sullivan Maureen Patricia "Paddy" O'Sullivan was a member of the Special Operations Executive during World War II and worked as a wireless operator for the French Section....	French	British	1918–1994	CdG, MBE	WAAF

P

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Paul Baptiste Pardi
Maurice Pertschuk
Harry Peulevé Harry Peulevé Henri Leonard Thomas Peulevé DSO, MC was an agent of the Special Operations Executive , who undertook two missions in occupied France and escaped from Buchenwald concentration camp.-Early life:...	F	British	1916–1963	DSO, MC
Frank Pickersgill Frank Pickersgill Frank Herbert Dedrick Pickersgill is a Canadian hero of World War II....	F	Canadian	1915–1944		KIA
Eliane Plewman Eliane Plewman Eliane Plewman was a French SOE agent and member of French resistance.Plewman was born Eliane Browne-Bartroli in Marseille. The daughter of an English father and Spanish mother, she was educated in England and in Spain...	French	British	1917–1944	KCBC, CdeG	KIA at Dachau concentration camp

Q

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Anthony Quayle Anthony Quayle Sir John Anthony Quayle, CBE was an English actor and director.-Early life:Quayle was born in Ainsdale, Southport, in Lancashire to a Manx family....	Albania	British	1913–1989

R

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Adolphie Rabinovitch
Alex Rabinovich
Brain Dominic Rafferty
Charles Rechenmann
Harry Rée Harry Rée Harry Alfred Rée DSO OBE was a British educationist and wartime member of the Special Operations Executive.Harry Rée was born in England, the son of Dr Alfred Rée, a chemist who was descended from an illustrious Danish Jewish family, and Lavinia Dimmick, the American-born great granddaughter of...	F	British	1914-1991	DSO, OBE
Haviva Reik Haviva Reik Haviva Reick was one of 32 or 33 Palestinian Jewish parachutists sent by the Jewish Agency and Britain's Special Operations Executive on military missions in Nazi-occupied Europe....	Slovakia	Slovakian	1914–1944		KIA

Jean Renaud-Dandicolle
Anne Robertson			1920-
Lilian Rolfe Lilian Rolfe Lilian Vera Rolfe was an Allied secret agent in World War II.-Early life:...	French	British	1914–1945	MBE, CdeG, MiD	KIA at Ravensbrück concentration camp Ravensbrück concentration camp Ravensbrück was a notorious women's concentration camp during World War II, located in northern Germany, 90 km north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück ....
Jasper Rootham Jasper Rootham Jasper St John Rootham , was a civil servant, soldier, central banker, merchant banker, writer and poet.-Childhood and adolescence:Rootham was an only child....	Yugoslavia	British	1910–1990
Diana Rowden Diana Rowden Diana Hope Rowden MBE was a Special Operations Executive member who was executed in a Nazi concentration camp.-Early life:...	French	British	1915–1944	MBE, CdeG, MiD	KIA at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
Yvonne Rudelatt Yvonne Rudelatt Yvonne Rudelatt was a member of the Special Operations Executive during World War II and worked as a courier for the French Section.-Early life:...	French	French	1897–1945		Died in service of typhus at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Bergen-Belsen concentration camp Bergen-Belsen was a Nazi concentration camp in Lower Saxony in northwestern Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle...

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Roméo Sabourin Roméo Sabourin Roméo Sabourin is a Canadian hero of World War II.Lieutenant Sabourin joined the Canadian Army, serving in the Canadian Intelligence Corps...	F	Canadian	1923–1944		KIA
Odette Sansom Odette Sansom Odette Sansom Hallowes GC, MBE, Chevalier de la légion d'honneur was an Allied heroine of the Second World War.-Early years:...	French	British	1912–1995	GC, MBE, LdH	Also known by the surnames "Hallowes" and "Churchill"
Paul F M Sarrette
Alexandre Schwatschko
Enzo Sereni Enzo Sereni Enzo Sereni was an Italian Zionist, co-founder of kibbutz Givat Brenner, scholar, advocate of Jewish-Arab co-existence and a resistance fighter who was parachuted into Nazi-occupied Italy in World War II, captured by the Germans and executed in Dachau concentration camp.Sereni was born in Rome....	Italy	Italian	1905–1944		KIA
Henri P. Sevenet
Jack Andrew Eugene Marcel Sinclair
Jean Alexandre Robert Simon
Octave Anne Guillaume Simon
Krystyna Skarbek Krystyna Skarbek Krystyna Skarbek, GM, OBE, Croix de guerre was a Polish Special Operations Executive agent. She became celebrated especially for her daring exploits in intelligence and irregular-warfare missions in Nazi-occupied Poland and France....	French	Polish	1915–1952	GM, OBE, CdeG	Better known by her pseudonm Christine Granville
Brian Skelly			1920–2001
Charles Milne Skepper
Einar Skinnarland Einar Skinnarland Einar Skinnarland DCM was a Norwegian resistance fighter during the Second World War.Einar Skinnarland was born in Vinje, in Telemark county, Norway...	Norway	Norwegian	1918–2002	DCM
V. A. Soskice
Maurice Southgate
James William Spencer			1915-\|
M J G de St Genies
Arthur Staggs
George Reginald Starr George Reginald Starr George Reginald Starr DSO MC was a British mining engineer and one of the Special Operations Executive's best secret agents during World War II.-Early life:...	F	British	1904–1980	MD, DSO	Brother of John Renshaw Starr
John Renshaw Starr John Renshaw Starr John Renshaw Starr , was one of two sons of Alfred Demarest Starr and Ethel Renshaw . He was a grandson of William Robert Renshaw. He was an artist and a soldier during the Second World War. His story is told in a book, The Starr Affair, by Jean Overton Fuller.-Military career:When war broke out...	F	British	unk-1996		Brother of George Reginald Starr
Arthur Steele
Brian Stonehouse Brian Stonehouse Brian Julian Stonehouse MBE was a British painter and Special Operations Executive agent during World War II.He was born in Torquay, England. When his family moved to France, he went to school in Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais...	F	British	1918–1998	MBE
Francis Suttill Francis Suttill Major Francis Alfred Suttill DSO was a British special agent who worked for the Special Operations Executive inside France. He organized and coordinated the Physician network, better known by his own code name Prosper...	F	British	1910–1945	DSO	KIA
Violette Szabo Violette Szabo Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo, GC, was a Second World War French-British secret agent.-Early life and marriage:...	French	British	1921–1945	GC, MBE, CdeG	KIA at Ravensbrück concentration camp Ravensbrück concentration camp Ravensbrück was a notorious women's concentration camp during World War II, located in northern Germany, 90 km north of Berlin at a site near the village of Ravensbrück ....
Hannah Szenes Hannah Szenes Hannah Szenes , often anglicized as Hannah Senesh was a Hungarian Jew, one of 37 Jews from the British Mandate for Palestine that were trained by the British army to parachute into Yugoslavia during the Second World War in order to help save the Jews of Hungary, who were about to be deported to...	Yugoslavia	Hungarian	1921–1944		KIA in Budapest

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Jacques Taschereau
P R Tessier
Paul-Émile Thibeault
Michael Trotobas

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
P L Ullman

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
François Vallée
Philippe de Vomécourt
Arie Van Duyn

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Nancy Wake Nancy Wake Nancy Grace Augusta Wake, AC, GM , served as a British agent during the later part of World War II. She became a leading figure in the maquis groups of the French Resistance and was one of the Allies' most decorated servicewomen of the war.-Early life:Born in Roseneath, Wellington, New Zealand in...	French	Australian	1912-2011	GC, LdH, CdeG	Known by her code name "White Mouse"
Anne-Marie Walters Anne-Marie Walters Anne-Marie Walters MBE was a WAAF officer recruited into the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. Her code name was Colette....	French	British	1923–1998	MBE, CdeG
Peter Wand-Tetley
David Whytehead Sibrée
Odette Wilen	French
E M Wilkinson
George Alfred "Teddy" Wilkinson
Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille Jean-Pierre Wimille was a Grand Prix motor racing driver and a member of the French Resistance during World War II.-Biography:...	F	French	1908–1949
Pearl Witherington Pearl Witherington Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley CBE was a World War II SOE agent born in Paris to British parents.-Wartime service:...	French	British	1914–2008	MBE, CBE, CdeG
Jean Worms
Dagmar Witherspoon

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas Wing Commander Forest Frederick Edward "Tommy" Yeo-Thomas, GC, MC & Bar, Croix de guerre , Commandeur of the Légion d'honneur, was the British Special Operations Executive agent codenamed "The White Rabbit" during World War II...	F	British	1902–1964	GC, MC*, CdeG, CLdH	Best known by his code name "White Rabbit"
John Young
John Cuthbert Young

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Robert Charles Zaehner Robert Charles Zaehner Robert Charles Zaehner was a British academic who specialised in Eastern religions. He was also an intelligence officer.-Life:Born on 8 April 1913 in Sevenoaks, Kent, the son of Swiss immigrants to England, Zaehner was educated nearby at Tonbridge School...	Iran	British	1913–74		Worked for Mi6 after the war
Guido Zembsh-Schreve			1916-

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