Have placed this thread in "Italy" entirely due to a tenuous Trieste connection, so for vitellino, markN, and all: "Yugoslav prisoners of war"....
I had never heard of Peter Kemp until finding references to him on the island of Bali after the Japanese surrender (subject of another thread:...
The full title of a 2016 conference was: The Polish Section of S.O.E. and Poland’s “Silent and Unseen” 1940-1945, “Cichociemni” -The Airborne...
This notice landed via Twitter and may be of interest. It appears to be the work of USA company and their summary states:From the international...
T/Capt. Peter Morland Churchill (162707) Intelligence Corps This officer carried out four clandestine missions into France between the end of...
Award OBE T/Capt. George Robert Noble, Royal Signals attached M.O.1 (S.P.) (P/185752) This officer was the first agent to go to France for the...
How a ring tells the story of a forgotten secret agent
Not my subject such WW2 activity and there appears to be no previous post / thread on this facility here. There are a few web links with limited...
Hello everyone! Apologies if this isn't the done thing, but I was just wondering if anyone might have any information on what my uncle Kirby did...
Personal Number: Rank: Lieutenant-General Name: Sir James Handyside MARSHALL-CORNWALL, KCB, CBE, DSO, MC Unit: Royal Artillery London Gazette :...
Personal Number: 68823 Rank: Lieutenant-Colonel Name: Charles English Hyde VILLIERS, MC Units: Grenadier Guards ; SOE London Gazette : 15...
Personal Number: 288338 Rank: Lieutenant Name: Richard Oliver Hubert CREWDSON, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards ; SOE London Gazette : 1 October 1943...
Christiaan Lindemans SOE Christian LINDEMANS, alias Christian BRANT, German codename KING KONG: Dutch. In 1942 and 1943 he was a member of...
Personal Number: 165014 Rank: Second Lieutenant Name: Benjamin Alexander Frederick HERVEY-BATHURST, MiD* Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette :...
Anyone doing research into SOE documents (HS Collection) at the National Archives in Kew will come across a pile of codenames and although one...
Spotted and forwarded by a "watcher" an article on this book first published in 2014, so unclear why now unless there is a new edition, the cover...
I am looking for any infomation about Robert Chapman, signaller seconded to 133 airborne liaison mission into Yugoslavia on the 5th February 1942? Guy
Personal Number: 172404 Rank: Captain Name: John Michael McVean GUBBINS Unit: Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders London Gazette : 28 February 1941...
[ATTACH] 241046 Major John Gilbert GOLDSMITH D.S.O. General List 15th August 1909 - 1st January 1972 Temporary Major General List: Served in "F"...
Personal Number: 102946 Rank: Major Name: Arthur Douglas DODDS-PARKER, MiD Unit: Grenadier Guards London Gazette : 8 November 1939...
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