Category: Special Operations Executive

Categories: United Kingdom Political History

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The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British World War II organisation. Following Cabinet approval, it was officially formed by Minister of Economic Warfare Hugh Dalton on 22 July 1940, to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movement.

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Norwegian Independent Company 1, Norwegian Army, World War II (0, 9, 0)

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Person Profiles (30)

A

Jack Agazarian 27 Aug 1915 London, England, United Kingdom - 29 Mar 1945

B

Gustave Bieler 26 Mar 1904 Beurlay, Charente-Maritime, France - 05 Sep 1944

Beatrice Biesterfeld 18 Dec 1909 Shanghai, China - 25 Dec 1997

Denise Bloch 21 Jan 1916 Paris XVI, Paris, France - 05 Feb 1945

Odette Brailly 28 Apr 1912 Amiens, Somme, Picardie, France - 13 Mar 1995

Violette (Bushell) Szabó 26 Jun 1921 Paris, Île-de-France, France - 05 Feb 1945

C

Peter Churchill 14 Jan 1909 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands - 01 May 1972

William Churchill 1914 Stockholm, Sweden - 1997

D

John Davis 12 Feb 1911 Sutton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom - 27 Oct 2006

G

Cicely (Gordon) Lefort 30 Apr 1899 London, England - Feb 1945

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Geoffrey Hallowes 15 Apr 1918 Kensington, London, England - 25 Sep 2006

H cont.

Adrian Hope 19 Nov 1897 South Africa - 17 Apr 1945

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Noor-un-Nisa Inayat-Khan 02 Jan 1914 St. Petersburg, Russian Empire - 13 Sep 1944

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Marguerite (Knight) Smith 19 Apr 1920 Paris, France - 2004

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John Macalister abt 09 Jul 1914 Guelph, Wellington, Ontario, Canada - 14 Sep 1944

Colin MacAndrew 01 Aug 1919 Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom - 09 Jul 1989

Malcolm Munthe 30 Jan 1910 - 24 Nov 1995

N

Eileen Nearne 15 Mar 1921 Fulham, London, England, United Kingdom - 02 Sep 2010

Jacqueline Nearne 27 May 1916 Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom - 15 Aug 1982

Oskar Nordvik 16 May 1920 Bergen, Hordaland, Norway - 27 Jun 2000

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Frank Pickersgill 28 May 1915 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada - 14 Sep 1944

Q

John Quayle 07 Sep 1913 Ainsdale, Lancashire, England - 20 Oct 1989

R

Adolphe Rabinovitch 27 May 1918 Moscow, Russia - Mar 1944

Joachim Rønneberg 30 Aug 1919 Ålesund, Møre og Romsdal, Norge - 21 Oct 2018

S

Allyre Sirois 25 Aug 1923 Vonda, Saskatchewan, Canada - 08 Sep 2012

Odd Kjeld Starheim 14 Jun 1916 Vanse, Vest-Agder, Norge - 01 Mar 1943

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William Thompson 17 Aug 1920 Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India - 10 Jun 1944

W

Nancy (Wake) Forward 30 Aug 1912 Roseneath, Wellington, New Zealand - 07 Aug 2011

Richard Wattis 25 Feb 1912 Wednesbury, Staffordshire, England - 01 Feb 1975

Cecile Witherington 24 Jun 1914 Paris, France - 24 Feb 2008

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