Marcel Verhamme was a Belgian Resistance

Belgian resistance

Belgian resistance during World War II to the occupation of Belgium by Nazi Germany took different forms. "The Belgian Resistance" was the common name for the Netwerk van de weerstand - Réseau de Résistance or Resistance Network , a group of partisans fighting the Nazis...

 fighter 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...

. A radio telegrapher by profession, he was recruited in 1941 by Walthère Dewé for the resistance network known as Clarence. Before his eventual arrest on 29 July 1943 Verhamme transmitted some 200 radio messages to London and received another 150. He was executed in Brussels on 16 November 1943.