Richard Harry Heslop
Encyclopedia
Major Richard Harry Heslop (23 January 1907-17 January 1973), DSO
was a British agent for the Special Operations Executive
during World War II
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He worked for the French section of the organisation, and under the codename Xavier, was the organiser of the Marksman circuit.
Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the British Commonwealth and Empire, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.Instituted on 6 September...
was a British agent 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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He worked for the French section of the organisation, and under the codename Xavier, was the organiser of the Marksman circuit.