What looks like an interesting new book on SOE operative Diana Rowden has just been published and is available on Amazon. Here's a link to an article about her from today's Daily Mail. Betrayal of British woman spy captured by Nazis | Daily Mail Online
Panel from Runnymead ROWDEN, DIANA HOPE Rank: Section Officer Service No: 4193 Date of Death: 06/07/1944 Age: 29 Regiment/Service: Women's Auxiliary Air Force attd. Special Operations Executive Awards: Mentioned in Despatches Panel Reference: Panel 243. Memorial: RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Additional Information: Croix de Guerre. Daughter of Maj. Aldred Clement Rowden, and of Christian Rowden, of Binsted, Hampshire.
I hadn't heard of the name below D. Rowden. So had to have a look and I then recognised her name. Yolande Beekman - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France
An amazing woman. She deserves to be well known and always honoured. So you wonder what happened to the traitor?
According to the Daily Mail article his name was Henry Dericourt. Per Wikipedia, unfortunately his trial failed to convict him. Henri Déricourt - Wikipedia
Over the years there have been much debate here on the forum on the Dericourt affair and alleged linkage to Claude Dansey of the SIS. This is one of many.......Henri Dericourt (SOE Traitor)
Thanks for the info. Extraordinary controversy around him. If he was a double agent and Diana Rowden a sacrificial operative it was a really dumb idea.