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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)
Approximately 470 SOE agents served in France during World War II. [4] The Valençay SOE Memorial in Valençay , France lists the names of 91 men and 13 women who were killed, executed, or died in prison while serving as SOE agents.
Many agents were captured, killed in action, executed, or died in German concentration camps. More than one-third of 41 female agents of Section F did not survive the war; the death toll for more than 400 male agents was one-fourth and the toll of thousands of French people helping SOE agents and networks was about one-fifth.
The agent, Richard Mallaby, also known as Olaf and Richard Tucker, provided a W/T link during the final surrender of the Axis forces in Italy after being captured during his second mission. Moselle (1943–45) – Italy, wireless operation, agent captured in Sardinia and AVOCAT possibly played back against SOE. Pool (1944) – Italy, May.
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Harry Alfred Rée, DSO, OBE (15 October 1914 – 17 May 1991) was a British educationist and wartime member of the Special Operations Executive.Of the more than 400 SOE agents who worked in France during World War II, M.R.D. Foot, the official historian of the SOE in France, named Rée as one of the half-dozen best male agents.
Of 470 SOE agents who worked in France during World War II, M.R.D. Foot, the official historian of the SOE, named Brooks as one of the half-dozen best male agents. [1] Brooks is often characterized as the youngest SOE agent in France, but Sonya Butt was younger by several months when she arrived in France. In terms of length of time in France ...