List of SOE agents explained

The following is an incomplete list of agents who served in the field for the Special Operations Executive during World War II.

A

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born–Died	Awards	Notes
	Norway	Norwegian	1917-1988		Member of the "Aakre Gang." Participated in Operation Carhampton
Elizabeth Lorraine Adie (Lorraine Copeland)			1916–2013		Married American OSS agent Miles Copeland, Jr.
Francine Agazarian			1913–1998		Courier. Landed in France by aircraft in March 1943. Wife of Jack Agazarian, a Wireless Operator with Prosper circuit.
Jack Agazarian			1916–1945		Killed in concentration camp March 1945. Armenian father and French mother, brother of the RAF fighter ace Noel Agazarian
			1919–1947
Roland Alexandre			1921–1944
Elisee Allard			1916–1944
Rehavam Amir			1916–2013
Phillip Amphlett			1921–1945
James Amps			1908–1945		Previously a jockey. Had a French wife, after easing out of circuit was implicated in documents found in 1943 when other agents arrested.
France Antelme			1900–1945		Captured when landed in France and killed at Gross-Rosen concentration camp
Claude Arnault
			21.8.1923–2.9.2012	FGS, MiD, WM, ST CdeG, DM	Section Captain flown into France night parachute in 6.3.1944, posted to Dachau 1945, Judge Advocate General's Branch 1945-46 (Germany) (A/Major), Codename Aleric, Gardener Circuit (w/t operator) Name changed to Roger Forster after his first marriage. Family Originally from Ukraine Immigrants in the early 1900's to UK

B

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Dorothy Baden-Powell			1920–unk		WRNS^[1]
Claude de Baissac			1907–1974		Brother of Lisé de Baissac and husband of Mary Katherine Herbert^[2]
			1905–2004		Sister of SOE Agent Claude de Baissac, Portrayed as Louise Desfontaines in the movie Female Agents (Les Femmes de l'ombre).
					The first female SOE agent to be sent to occupied France (sent in May 1941). Instrumental in gathering intelligence and important documents such as rations cards for implementing safe houses, routes, and sustenance for field agents. Married Victor Gerson after the war.
Madeleine Barclay (Madeleine Victorine Bayard)			1911–1943		WRNS, Killed when HMS Fidelity was sunk by U-boat
			1916–1944		arrested in 1944, shot at Buchenwald 5 October 1944
Eric Barrett	Force 136 GHi(k)		1910–1975
			1922–2017	CdeG, FGS, LdH, MBE,MR, ST, WM	At age 18, joined WAAF. Wireless Operator. Codename : Odette. Parachuted into SW France near the village of Gabarret in March 1944. Later known as Yvonne Burney. Taken to Ravensbrück concentration camp, survived, taken in by the Swedish Red Cross, then released home by Vera Atkins.
Alcide Beauregard			1917–1944		Captured by Germans. Killed in Saint-Genis-Laval massacre 20 August 1944
Francis	Section F, Headmaster	British	1905–1944		Killed in action when Germans carried out attack on maquis of Charnie 16 June 1944
Stanley Beckinsale			1920–2004
			1911–1944		Wireless Operator, member of Women's Auxiliary Air Force, flown into France in September 1943, Codename : Mariette, Kilt. Killed at Dachau concentration camp with Madeleine Damerment, Noor Inayat Khan, and Eliane Plewman^[3]
			1911–1993
Herbert John Bell			1919–2001
			1895–1944		arrested June 1944. Executed at Buchenwald concentration camp on 14 September 1944
Kem Bennett			1919–1986
Louis Bertheau			1919–1945		KIA^[4]
Gustave "Guy" Biéler			1904–1944
Emanuel Bierer			1884–unk
Helen Bierer			1885–unk		Full Name: Helen Anna Agate Thormann-Bierer
Andre Bloch			1914–1942		KIA
			1916–1945	KCBC, LdH, CdeG	Killed at Ravensbrück concentration camp^[5] with Lilian Rolfe and Violette Szabo
Marcus Bloom			1907–1944		Killed at Mauthausen concentration camp
Bridget Blundell			unk–1999	MBE
			1904–1974
			1919–1944		Courier. Codenames : Monique, Denise Urbain. KIA at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
Jean Bouguennec			1912–1944		KIA
Tony Brooks		British	1922–2007
Captain Basil Brown			1918–1970
Carl Johan Bruhn			1904-1941		Died during the first attempt at drop-off with a parachute in Denmark by SOE agents.
Joséf Bublik
			1902–1992		F Section Chief
			1917–1980
Norman Burley					Real Name: Noel Fernand Rauol Burdeyron
			1924–2014		Courier. Married fellow SOE agent Guy D'Artois
Muriel Byck			1918–1944		Died in service of meningitis at Romorantin Hospital
			1916–1944

C

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Eric Cauchi			1917–1944	MiD, CdeG, M.R.F.
			1916–2006
Maddalena Cerasuolo^[6]			1920–1999	Bronze Medal of Military Valor (Italy)^[7]	Code name: Maria Esposito, C22; sabotage missions, resistant^[8]
William John Chalk			1899–unk
Robert Arthur Chapman			1901–unk
			1898–1985		Courier. Served with Women's Transport Service.
Pierre Chassé			1923–1988	Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Distinguished Service Order (DSO) Croix de Guerre avec palmes 1939-45 (France)
			1890-unk
Arthur Christie			1921–2003
Kjeld Toft-Christensen			1910–1945	MC,	Committed suicide on 27 November 1945.
			1914–1997	DSO, MC, Italian Partisan Medal	Brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill and Captain Peter Churchill
Peter Churchill			1909–1972		Brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill and Major Oliver Churchill
Marcel Clech			1905–1944		wireless operator. arrested and executed at Mauthausen concentration camp.
George Clement			1917–1944
			1908–1982
Adolphus Richard Cooper			1899–unk
Ted Coppin			1915–1943
Yvonne Cormeau			1909–1997		Joined Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Courier and Wireless Operator. The 2nd female Wireless Operator to be sent to France. Parachuted into St Antoine du Queyret in SW France in August 1943. Evaded arrest by convincing the enemy that her radio was an X-Ray Machine. Codenames : Annette, Fairy, Sarafari.
Henri Cornioley			1914–2008		Husband of Pearl Witherington
Noël Coward			1899–1972
Benjamin Cowburn			1909–1994		Four successful missions into France
Jørgen Robert Christensen			1921–2004		Frogman, co-founder of the Danish Frogman Corps and second in command from 1957 to 1970
Andrew Croft			1906–1998	DSO, MBE
Mike Cumberlege	Force 133		1905–1945	DSO and Bar, RD	after capture and torture by the Germans

D

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Madeleine Damerment			1917–1944		at Dachau concentration camp with Yolande Beekman, Noor Inayat Khan, and Eliane Plewman
			1917–1999		Married fellow SOE agent Sonya Butt
			1913–1940	DFC, MiD	KIA
Marcel Defence			1920–1944		^[9]
			1909–1944
	1921–1998	MC	Ran VAR line Awarded MC
George Demand			1921–1944
Delmeire Alphonse			1919–1944		KIA 7 June 1944 in Germany
Francois Adolphe Deniset			1917–1944
Henri Dericourt			1909–1962		Possibly a double agent
Freddi Desmet			1912–1946		Real Name: Christiaan Lindemans
Julien Detal			unk–1944
Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester			1917 – 1983?		Courier. Born to American parents. Codename : Typist, FANY
Henri Diacono					Wireless Operator.
Douglas Dodds-Parker			1909–2006	LdH, CdeG, MiD
Derek Dodson
Leo Donati			1919–1972
Hugh Dormer			1919–1944		Left SOE in January 1944 (KIA serving with Irish Guards in August 1944).^[10]
Roland Dowlen			1907–1945
Joan Lois Dowson			1924 - 2010	G.M., CdeG, C.B.E. late of Girton College, Cambridge
André Dubois			1906–1944
Emile Duboudin			1907–1945
Gustave Duclos			1916–2002	MC, CdeG, LdH, EM, MR, Corps Expéditionnaire Français d’Extrême Orient, Croix du Combattant, Croix de Guerre Théâtres d’Opération Extérieurs
Phillip Duclos			1923–1944
Alix D'Unienville			1919–unk
Archie Dunlop-Mackenzie					^[11]
Gavan Bernard Duffy			1916–1990
Lucien Dumais				MC, CdeG, LdH	In charge of Shelburn Line (Shelbourne Line) Operation Bonaparte^[12]
					Escaped back to England and survived war.

E

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Alf Espedal		Norwegian	1914–1969			Trained in STS 26 at Glen More and other Special Training Schools. In charge of "Operation Osprey" that parachuted in Rogaland county on Dec. 10 1943.
Reginald Harold Everson			1923–1990
Francois Michelle William Reeve

F

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Albert George Falla		Guernsey	1918–1997	Worked for MI6 until retirement
Eugene Felangue			1912–1945
Sir				1915–2011
David Finlayson			1923–1944
			1913–1996
			1910–1945		Reg # : 257605. Codename : Georges, Ernest. Deported to and KIA in Flossenbürg
Henri Frager			1897–1944	MiD, MdlRF	KIA
Louis Francou					also known as Bullfrog

G

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Henri Gaillot			1896–1944		KIA (also known as "Ignace" or "Guillaume")
	France	Austrian	1905–1979
Harry Gamwell			1912–1998		Syracuse, Bari, Alexandria, Yugoslavia.
Emile Garry			1909–1944		KIA
P A H Geelen			1916–1944		KIA
Ole Geisler			1913–1948		From 1943 head of SOE's work in Jutland.
			1896–?	DSO, LdH	Organised the Vic escape line in France into neutral Spain. Married Giliana Balmaceda after the war
Alfredo Mechoulam Gerassi	Portugal/Spain/France	France	1902-1995	King's Medal for Courage in the Cause of Freedom
Paul Goffin			1915–1967		also known as Gofer
			1909–1972		See "Accidental Agent" memoir published 1971.
Malby E. G. Goodman			1917–2015
British	UK, France, Philippines & Palau Islands	1914 -1974	MBE	Ex C.O. No 1 Bomb Disposal Depot 1942–1943, S.O.E Technical Officer and GSO III, Nov 1943 -Dec 1945	Harry Graham			1910–1945		KIA
			1908–1944		Executed as a double agent
			1908 - 1952		Courier. Operated under the name "Madame Pauline" in France. One of the longest serving of Britain's wartime women agents. Parachuted into SE France in July 1944. One of the few SOE female field agents promoted to captain. Killed in 1952 by man who had become obsessed with her.
			1918–1943	DCM, WCS
			1903–1945		Captured and executed at Sachsenhausen
			1997-1945	MBE, Military Cross, Croix de Guerre^[13]	Died from an automobile accident on 7 August 1945
Armel Guerne			1911–1980
René Dumont-Guillemet					Organizer of Spiritualist circuit.

H

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Virginia Hall			1906–1982	MBE, DSC	Post war worked for the CIA
Odette Hallowes			1912–1995		Most highly decorated woman in WWII. Also known by the surnames "Sansom"^[14] and "Churchill" (By marriage). Codename 'Lise'. Married Peter Churchill after the war.
John Hamilton			1907–1944
Mogens Hammer			1911-1946		Sent together with Carl Johan Bruhn over Denmark
Gordon Harris			1917-1965		P.A. to Gen. Stawell. Attached to Col Papas Tamitiades, Greek commander in Peloponnese for direct liaison with 3 corps.^[15]
John Beresford "Jack" Hayes			1904–unk			Organised Mission Helmsman in July–August 44
Victor Hayes			1908–1944
Mary Hemmings			1914–unk
Mary Katherine Herbert			1903–1983		First WAAF Officer to join the SOE
Richard Henry Heslop			1907–1973		Organiser (leader) of Marksman network.
Richard Hewitt			1917–1994		commanded the Allied No 1 Special Forces in the Italian Campaign
Harry Hill
			1916–1972		^[16]
			1895–1949	Croix de Guerre avec palme, Legion d'honneur, 1st Knight of The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, Medaille de la Resistance	Head of Billet circuit, Head of Eduard escape line to Spain
Marcel Homet			1897–unk
Desmond Ellis Hubble			1910–1944	Le Croix de Chevalier de l'Ordre Royal du Lion, avec Palme, Croix de Guerre, avec Palme. Medal of French Gratitude. Mentioned in despatches.	Executed at Buchenwald, Germany
Bill Hudson			1910-1995		According to The Sunday Times, Ian Fleming used Hudson as a model for his character, James Bond. Prior to the SOE, he was in Section D of the British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).
Harry Hudson			1924-2012
			1923–2005	DSO
Max Hymans			1900–1961

I

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Captain Basil Irwin	Yugoslavia and Italy				Liaison Officer
Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz			1911-1943		also known as Nikolaos Tsenoglou. Code name, O33B. Independent. Saboteur in occupied Greece in cooperation with the Greek Resistance

J

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
			1915–1998		Member of the Shetland gang. Crew on board the
Peter Johnsen
Sydney Jones			1902–1944
			1917–1962
Clement Jumeau			1914–1944
			1924–2002		Later become the first Chinese-Canadian MP

K

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Noor Inyat Khan			1914–1944	GC, CdeG, MiD	Killed at Dachau concentration camp alongside Yolande Beekman, Madeleine Damerment and Eliane Plewman^[17]
Andrzej Kowerski			1912–1988		also known as Andrew Kennedy
Mary Knowles			1917–2003		also known as Christine
Marguerite Knight			1920–2004	MBE	Codename 'Nicole'
Peter Kemp			1913–1993		Author of books Mine Were of Trouble (1957), No Colours or Crest (1958), Alms for Oblivion (1962), The Thorns of Memory (1990)

L

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Paul Emile Labelle			1916–unk	MC	Codename Nartex
Raymond LaBrosse			1920–1986	MC, CdeG, LdH	Radio Operator - Shelburn Line (Shelbourne Line) Operation Bonaparte^[18]
Max Lafaye			1912–1986	French Resistance Medal	Deported to KL Buchenwald (Jan 1944–Jan 45)- Dora (Jan 45–Apr 1945) - Bergen-Belsen (15 Apr. 1945)
A R Landsdell
			1922-1944		Registration # : 306766. Codename : Vladimir, Linesman, Sari. Parachuted into France in February 1944. His brother, George Larcher, was also an SOE agent. KIA in July 1944 in Pierrefitte-en-Cinglais, France. Body recovered October 1944.
James Larose
Leif Larsen			1906–1990	DSO, DSC, CGM, DSM and Bar, 2 x Norwegian War Cross with one sword, St. Olav's Medal With Oak Branch, War Medal with three stars, Defence Medal 1940–1945, Medal of Freedom etc.	The most highly decorated naval officer of World War II
Phyllis Latour			1921–2023
			1915–2004		Was captured by the Germans and held at numerous Nazi concentration camps but he survived the war.
Madeleine Lavigne			1912–1945		FANY, SPRUCE. Courier. Wireless Operator. Codename : Isabelle. Alias : Madeleine Latour .
			1911-1944		Registration # : 309883. Codename : Baudouin. Alias : Georges Louis.
Jacques Paul Henri Ledoux
Lionel Lee			1944	MC, Cr de Guerre	British Jewish agent. Betrayed, murdered at Gross Rosen.
		British	1922-1993		Successfully planned and executed Operation Tombola
Cecily Lefort			1900–1945		courier, Served in WAAF Aircraft Woman #452845, parachuted into the Loire Valley with SOE agents Diana Rowden and Noor Inayat Khan, Killed at Ravensbrück concentration camp
Vera Leigh			1903–1944		Killed at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
M A Lepage
E Lesout
			1918–2005		Detained in Dora and Bergen-Belsen
			1911–1950	MC, CdeG
Ole Lippmann			1916–2002		Replaced Flemming Muus as SOE parachute commander
Christopher Lord			unk–1943		Killed on duty in June 1943 to Tanus (Tarn) in France.
					Codenamed, Refraction. Rank, Major.

M

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
			1923–2012
		Mauritian	1918–1981
Max Manus		Norwegian	1914–1996	DSO, MC & Bar, War Cross with two swords, Defence Medal 1940–1945 (with rosette), Medal of Freedom with silver palm etc.
		French	1920-1944		Registration # : 316119. Codename : Cicero. KIA at Gross-Rosen concentration camp
Andre Adrian Jules Maugenet
Comte Jacques-Arthus Marc de Montalembert
Ernest Miller
	Instructor	British	1914–1969
		Mauritian
James Francis George Mennesson
Francois Gerard Michel
George Millar	F	British	1910–2005	DSO MC
G B McBain
	F	Canadian	1914–1944		KIA
S Makowski
R M A Mathieu
W. Stanley Moss	F133, F136	British	1921–1965
Pierre Louis Mulsant
	Denmark	Danish	1907–1982		SOE parachute commander from 1943 to 1945
Buntie Aurelle Neredah Macklin-Sprake	UK	British	1919–2010		Married Arie Van Duyn. Dutch SOE Radio Operator

N

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
		British	1921–2010		Sister of SOE agents Jacqueline & Francis Nearne. Codename : Rose. Wireless Operator.
		British			Brother of SOE agents Eileen & Jacqueline Nearne
Jacqueline Nearne		British	1916–1982		Sister of SOE agents Eileen & Francis Nearne. Codename : Josette.
		British	c.1916–1944	MBE^[19]	Captured, and shot at Mauthausen on 6 September 1944 with 45 other agents.^[20]
Alfred Newton					^[21]
Henry Newton
Gilbert Norman		British	1914–1944		KIA

O

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Sonia Olschanezky					Member of SOE's Juggler/Robin Circuit, Juggler sub-circuit of Physician/Prosper circuit. Captured in 1944, Interrogated by the Gestapo. Executed at Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp.
		Irish			Member of WAAF. SOE wireless operator. Parachuted into France near Limoges in April 1944.

P

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-died	Awards	Notes
	France	French	1920-1944		His mother was captured and tortured, but never revealed what she knew. She received the Croix de Guerre.
George Wyndham Parker		British	1913–1992	MM, MiD, Norwegian War Cross with two swords	Mission planner
Alv Kristian Pedersen		Norwegian	1908–1982	MBE + various Norwegian.
Maurice Pertschuk	France	French	1921–1945		Killed at Buchenwald on 29 March 1945.
Peter Pertschuk	France	French	1923–1995		Brother of Maurice Pertschuk.He was not used operationally.
Harry Peulevé	France	British	1916–1963	DSO, MC	^[22]
Frank Pickersgill	France	Canadian	1915–1944		KIA
	France	British	1913–1981	Croix de Guerre	FOOTMAN Circuit - survived deportation.
		British	1917–1944		courier, Codename : 'Gaby', 'Dean', 'Madame Dupont'/ Agent Monk, parachuted into France on the night of 13/14 August 1943, arrested and tortured by Gestapo in March 1944, transferred to Dachau with Yolande Beekman and Madeleine Damerment, killed at Dachau concentration camp.

R

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
			1918–1944		Captured and executed at Gross-Rosen concentration camp in 1944 according to Maurice Buckmaster speaking in person in the opening scene of 1950 film Odette.
Herbert Maurice Roe	Force 136 1945 SSRF 1942 2 Commando	British	1917–2014
Josette Renee Paule Ronserail	SOE - courier and wireless operator	French	1919-1990	Croix de Guerre, the Médaille de la Résistance, and the Legion of Honour	She was arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 and tortured, but she did not reveal any information. She was deported to Ravensbrück concentration camp, where she survived until the liberation in 1945
Alex Rabinovich
Brian Dominic Rafferty
	France	British	1901–1976		^[23]
Charles Rechenmann
			1914–1991		Organizer for Stockbroker circuit. Codename : César.
Haviva Reik	Slovakia	Slovakian	1914–1944		KIA
Jean Renaut		Belgian
Jean Renaud-Dandicolle
Anne Robertson			1920–unk
Lilian Rolfe		British	1914–1945		Wireless Operator, KIA at Ravensbrück concentration camp with Violette Szabo and Denise Bloch
Jasper Rootham	Yugoslavia	British	1910–1990
Diana Rowden		British	1915–1944		KIA at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
		French	1897–1945		courier, Died in service of typhus at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Christian Michael Rottbøll	Denmark	Danish	1917-1942		KIA

S

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Roméo Sabourin	France	Canadian	1923–1944		Captured and killed 1944
Anthony P B St.John	Burma	British	1925–1990
Paul F M Sarrette
Alexandre Schwatschko
Enzo Sereni	Italy	Italian	1905–1944		captured and executed in Dachau concentration camp.
Henri P. Sevenet
John B. Selby	Yugoslavia	British	1915–1991	DSO, DFC, Partisan Star
Jack Andrew Eugene Marcel Sinclair
Jean Alexandre Robert Simon
Octave Anne Guillaume Simon
Krystyna Skarbek	France	Polish	1915–1952		Better known by her pseudonym Christine Granville^[24]
Brian Skelly			1920–2001
Charles Skepper	France	British	1905–c.1944
Einar Skinnarland	Norway	Norwegian	1918–2002	DCM
Giovanni Slaviero	Italy	Italian	1914-1999	Bronze Medal of Military Valor	CLNAI partisan from 1943, recruited into SOE and SIM February 1945 as head of the Modena area. Participated in Operation SILENTIA and GRATIOT. Captured and tortured in April 1945, by the SS, but gave up nothing. Known associate of Adrian Gallegos and Major Jim Davies.^[25]
		Norwegian	1918–2012	DSO, 1939–45 Star, War Cross with three Swords, Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav, Norwegian Police Cross of Honour, Norwegian Defence Cross of Honour, Defence Medal 1940–1945 with rosette, Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal, Medal of Freedom with silver palm etc.	Member of Norwegian resistance movement from 1940. Member of Milorg. Organised sabotage by Oslo Gang in 1944–45. Most highly decorated Norwegian of WWII.
V. A. Soskice
Maurice Southgate	France	British	1913–1990		Codename 'Hector'^[26]
James William Spencer	British		1915–1997		code name "Marks"
Geoffrey Spencer	Germany	British	1920–2015
M J G de St Genies
Arthur Staggs
	France	British	1904–1980		Brother of John Renshaw Starr
	France	British	unk–1996		Brother of George Reginald Starr
Arthur Steele					captured and killed 1944
	France	British	1918–1998
	France	British	1910–1945		Captured 1943, killed 1945^[27]
		British	1921–1945		FANY, Codename : Louise, parachuted into France in April 1944, Killed at Ravensbrück concentration camp^[28] with Lilian Rolfe and Denise Bloch
	Yugoslavia	Hungarian	1921–1944		executed by a firing squad on November 7, 1944, in Budapest

T

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
		French	1903-1945		Killed at Ravensbrück concentration camp with her sister, Madeleine by gas chamber.
		French	1908-1945		Killed at Ravensbrück concentration camp with her sister, Germaine by gas chamber.
Jacques Taschereau
Paul Raymond Tessier	France	British	1916–1944
Paul-Émile Thibeault
	France, Farmer	British	1914-1943		Killed in action at Lille, France

V

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
	France		1907–1945	MBE MC CdeG	Injured in road accident in Germany, May 1945. Died in the UK August 1945.
François Vallée
Philippe de Vomécourt	France	French	1902-1964		Head of Ventriloquist Network
	France	French	1906-1986		Head of Autogyro Network
		Norwegian	1919–1942		KIA in Telavåg, Norway
Arie Van Duyn	Holland	Dutch		OBE	Married Buntie Macklin-Sprake (Radio Operator Trainer)

W

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Nancy Wake		New Zealand	1912–2011	AC, GM, LdH, CdeG, MR, Medal of Freedom (US)	Codenames : Helene (British), Andree (French), Witch (Ops), Gertie (closest colleagues). Nicknamed 'White Mouse' by the Gestapo as she continued to evade capture by them.
Winifred Watkins	Intelligence 1939–1946	British	1916–unk		Known as 'Betty'^[29]
		British	1923–1998		WAAF Officer. Codename : Colette. January 1944 parachuted into Armagnac area of SW France. Served as a Courier with Yvonne Cormeau (Wireless Operator for Starr circuit.)
Peter Wand-Tetley
David Whytehead Sibrée
Odette Wilen	France
Edward M. Wilkinson	F, Privet	American			Captured, executed
John Prentice Wilkinson	No.1 Special Forces	British	1915–1945		Killed in action
George Alfred "Teddy" Wilkinson
Jean-Pierre Wimille	France	French	1908–1949
Pearl Witherington		British	1914–2008	MBE, CBE, CdeG, LdH	^[30]
Jean Worms
Dagmar Witherspoon		British	1922–2011
Christopher Matthew "Colombo" Woods	No. 1 Special Forces	British		CMG, MC	Personal memoir of Captain Wood's work in German-occupied Italy (Po river region, North Italy) is preserved in the archives of London's Imperial War Museum

Y

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas	France	British	1902–1964		Best known by his code name "White Rabbit"^[31]
John Young	France	British			Spoke French with a Newcastle accent according to John Goldsmith. Worked in the Dijon region with Diana Rowden. Captured autumn 1943.
John Cuthbert Young
William Henry Young	Albania +	British	1923-1996	1939-1945 Star, Africa Star, Defence Medal, Italy Star, War Medal 1939 - 1945, Palestine Police Medal, MiD	Shadow Force - under command of Sir Anthony Quayle, Albania Section plus. Later seconded to Palestine Police and MI6 after war ended

Z

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
	France	British	1903-1973	MBE, CdeG	Radio operator. Captured by Germans, survived.^[32]
	France	Dutch	1916–2003	MBE, LdH	Captured by Germans, survived^[33]

Key

Note	Description	Explanation
CBE	Commander of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire	Commander of the British order of chivalry.
CdeG		French military decoration created on September 26, 1939, to honour people who fought with the Allies against the Axis force at any time during World War II
DM		Instituted in May 1945. Awarded to British Commonwealth subjects for non-operational military and civilian war service during WWII.
DSC	Distinguished Service Cross	British gallantry medal awarded during active operations against the enemy
DSO		Instituted September 6, 1886. Awarded for meritorious or distinguished service in war.
EM		Instituted in 1926. Awarded to individuals who were POW and escaped internment or died as a result of their escape.
F		SOE (Special Operations Executive) F section operations in France
FANY	First Aid Nursing Yeomanry	British independent all-female unit active in both nursing and intelligence work during the World Wars.
FGS		Instituted May 1945. Awarded to British Commonwealth forces who served between June 6, 1944, and May 8, 1945, in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Germany, and adjacent sea areas.
GC	George Cross	The highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom. It is highest gallantry award for civilians as well as for military personnel in actions which are not in the face of the enemy or for which purely military honours would not normally be granted.
GM	George Medal	The second highest civil decoration of the United Kingdom It awards civilian gallantry in the face of enemy action and brave deeds more generally.
KCBC		British commendation to acknowledged brave acts by civilians and members of the military in non-warlike circumstances during a time of war or in peacetime where the action would not otherwise be recognised by an existing award
KIA	Killed in Action	A casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own forces at the hands of hostile forces.
LdH		French order that is the highest decoration in France.
MBE		Member of the British order of chivalry.
MFG		"Médaille de la Reconnaissance française". Created July 13, 1917 to honor civilians who had performed acts of heroism in the face of the enemy during WWI without military obligation. Last award : February 14, 1959.
MiD		An official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which is described the person's gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy.
MR		Established February 9, 1943 by General Charles de Gaulle awarded to individuals who participated in actions against the Axis powers on French soil.
MC	Military Cross	The Military Cross is the third-level military decoration and is awarded in recognition of "an act or acts of exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy on land to all members, of any rank in Our Armed Forces…"
ST		Instituted July 8, 1943 and awarded for 180 days of operational service or 60 days of operational flying in WWII.
T		SOE (Special Operations Executive) operations in Belgium
WAAF
WM		Instituted on August 16, 1945, and issued to subjects of the British Commonwealth who served full-time in the Armed Forces or the Merchant Navy for at least 28 days between September 3, 1939, and September 2, 1945.

See also

• List of female SOE agents
• SOE F Section networks
• Timeline of SOE's Prosper Network

Notes and References

1. Book: Baden-Powell, Dorothy . They Also Serve: an SOE agent in the WRNS . London . Robert Hale . 2005 . 0753193361.
2. Web site: Claude de Baissac - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
3. Web site: Yolande Beekman - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
4. Web site: Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agent Harry Peulevé - AUTHOR Mission. nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
5. Web site: Denise Bloch - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
6. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10017789 HS 9/284 - Special Operations Executive personnel files, The National Archives, UK
7. https://www.historypage.it/four-days-of-naples/Four Days of Naples
8. (IT) Maddalena Cerasuolo, l’eroina delle 4 Giornate lavorò per i servizi inglesi, on repubblica.it
9. Web site: Marcel Defence - SOE Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
10. Web site: Hugh Dormer - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
11. https://books.google.com/books?id=Gk59DAAAQBAJ&dq=archie+dunlop-mackenzie&pg=PA21 Britain, Mihailovic and the Chetniks, 1941-42 - Page 21
12. Book: Dumais, Lucien . The Man Who Went Back . Leo Cooper Ltd. . 1974 . 9780850521696.
13. Web site: Jacques Theodore Paul Marie Vaillant de Guelis . Commonwealth War Graves Commission . 20 December 2023.
14. Web site: Odette Sansom - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
15. https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C10027232 National Archives - Records of Special Operations Executive
16. Web site: George Hiller - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
17. Web site: Noor Inayat Khan - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
18. David Twiston Davies, Canada from Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries, Dundurn, 1996
19. Web site: Casualty Details: Newman, Isidore . Commonwealth War Graves Commission . 30 March 2016.
20. Web site: Newman, I., Capt., MBE., MiD, CR de GU.,1944 . North East War Memorials Project . 30 March 2016.
21. Web site: Alfred and Henry Newton - SOE Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
22. Web site: Nigel Perrin. nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
23. Web site: Denis Rake - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
24. Web site: Christine Granville/Krystyna Skarbek - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
25. Maurizio Parri. Tracce di cingolo: Compendio generale di storia dei Carristi 1917-2009. Associazione Nazionale Carristi d'Italia. 2009. Pg. 151.
26. Web site: Maurice Southgate - SOE Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
27. Web site: Francis Suttill - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
28. Web site: Violette Szabo - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
29. HS 9/1561/1
30. Web site: Pearl Witherington - Special Operations Executive (SOE) Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016.
31. Web site: F.F.E. Yeo‐Thomas – SOE Agents in France . nigelperrin.com . 30 March 2016 . 9 January 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140109185439/http://nigelperrin.com/yeo-thomas.htm . dead .
32. Web site: Honor for Jewish war hero and camp survivor . My Brighton . 1 March 2022.
33. Web site: MBE citation . Traces of War.