In dealing with SOE and its associated units (Force 136, STS 101, FMS Volunteer Force, Oriental Mission, British Special Forces, Special List and...
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"...
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