Biographical records and profiles of individual SOE operatives.
Vera Atkins was a Romanian-born British intelligence officer who served as the Deputy Director of the Special Operations Executive’s France Section (F Section) from 1941 to 1945, where she managed the recruitment and deployment of agents.
Anthony ‘Tony’ Brooks was a highly successful British espionage agent with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during World War II. He led the Pimento network, conducting sabotage and reconnaissance to support the Normandy invasion.
The Stationer circuit (also known as Hector-Stationer) was a Special Operations Executive (SOE) F Section network established in early 1943 to organize sabotage and resistance activities across Central and South-West France.
Yolande Beekman (1911–1944) was a British spy and wireless operator for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. Serving with the Musician circuit in occupied France, she coordinated critical supply drops before her capture and subsequent execution at Dachau concentration camp.
Andrée Borrel was a French Resistance member and Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent who served as a courier in occupied France. Operating within the Prosper network, she was captured by German forces and executed at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in July 1944.
Jack Agazarian (1915–1945) was a British citizen and wireless operator for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in occupied France. Serving with the Physician (Prosper) circuit in Paris, he provided critical communications and logistical support before his eventual capture and execution.
Colonel Maurice Buckmaster was the head of the Special Operations Executive’s (SOE) French Section (F Section) from September 1941. He was responsible for establishing a vast network of subversive agents and resistance circuits in occupied France to conduct sabotage and intelligence gathering.
Violette Szabo (1921–1945) was a British-French agent of the Special Operations Executive’s (SOE) F Section during the Second World War. A courier who served in occupied France, she was posthumously awarded the George Cross for her bravery before being executed at Ravensbrück concentration camp.
Force 136 was the Far Eastern branch of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. Following the Japanese surrender in 1945, the organization transitioned from sabotage and resistance training to assisting in the liberation of prisoners and overseeing the Japanese surrender before being disbanded in 1946.
Pierre de Vomécourt was a French agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) who founded and led the AUTOGIRO network in occupied France from 1941 to 1942. He was the first SOE circuit leader in France before his capture and subsequent imprisonment in Colditz Castle.