Unearthing Churchill’s Secret Army: The Official List of SOE Casualties and Their Stories

405 Pages·2012·6.78 MB·English

by  Grehan

First published in Great Britain in 2012 by
Pen & Sword Aviation
an imprint of
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
47 Church Street
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 2AS
Copyright © Martin Mace and John Grehan 2012
ISBN 978-1-84884794-1
PDF ISBN: 9781783376629
EPUB ISBN: 9781783376599
PRC ISBN: 9781783376636
The right of Martin Mace and John Grehan to be identified as Author of this Work has
been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form
or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, recording or by any
information storage and retrieval system, without permission from the Publisher in
writing.
Typeset in 11pt Ehrhardt by
Mac Style, Beverley, E. Yorkshire
Printed and bound in the UK by MPG Books
Pen & Sword Books Ltd incorporates the Imprints of Pen & Sword Aviation, Pen &
Sword Family History, Pen & Sword Maritime, Pen & Sword Military, Pen & Sword
Discovery, Wharncliffe Local History, Wharncliffe True Crime, Wharncliffe Transport,
Pen & Sword Select,
Pen & Sword Military Classics, Leo Cooper, The Praetorian Press, Remember When,
Seaforth Publishing and Frontline Publishing.
For a complete list of Pen & Sword titles please contact
PEN & SWORD BOOKS LIMITED
47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2AS England
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk
Contents
Acknowledgements
List of the Casualties Commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission as Serving with SOE
Foreword
Introduction: Death be Proud
Chapter 1: So Secret a Service
Chapter 2: Carve their Names with Pride
Chapter 3: The Missing Men
Chapter 4: Known Unto Man
Chapter 5: Not Forgotten – A list of agents died on active service who are
not recorded as SOE casualties in the records of the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Source Information
Index
Acknowledgements
The authors would like to extend their grateful thanks to the following
individuals and organisations for their kind assistance during the course of
researching and writing this book: Nicholas Andrews (Records and Enquiries
Manager) and Peter Francis (Head of External Communications) at the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, not least for their help in compiling
the casualty lists, but also for permission to quote information on the memorials
and cemeteries from the Commission’s website; the staff of The National
Archives at Kew; Norman Brown of the Royal Pioneer Corps Association; Harry
Verlander; Les Tanner of ww2connection; Peter Osborne of Independent Books;
and Leanne Mace, Sara Mitchell and Denis Mace for all their work on preparing
the manuscript.
Jacket image: ‘Loire Rendezvous’. By the renowned aviation artist Philip E.
West, this painting depicts Westland Lysanders of 161 (Special Duties)
Squadron turning onto their final course to a clandestine landing field
somewhere in occupied France during a full moon period in 1943. Based at RAF
Tempsford, Bedfordshire, and often operating from Tangmere to shorten the
flight, the pilots flew a dead reckoning course to their first turning point, usually
on the River Loire, The moonlit town of Blois is easily distinguishable by its
château, churches and bridge with the Forest of Chambord beyond. The agents in
the rear cockpit prepare themselves by torchlight for the forthcoming landing.
(Courtesy of SWA Fine Art: www.swafineart.com)
List of the Casualties Commemorated by the
Commonwealth War Graves Commission as Serving with
SOE
ADLER, Gabriel
AGAZARIAN, Jack Charles Stanmore ALEXANDRE, Roland Eugène Jean
ALLARD, Elisée Albert Louis AMPHLETT, Philip John AMPS, James
Frederick ANTELME, Joseph Antoine France AUSTIN, John Patrick Standridge
BARRETT, Denis John
BEAUREGARD, Alcide
BEC, Francisque Eugene BENOIST, Robert Marcel Charles BERLINER, Egon
Friederich Paul BERTHEAU, Louis Eugene Desire BIÉLER, Gustave Daniel
Alfred BLOCH, André
BLOCH, Denise Madeleine BLOOM, Marcus Reginald BORREL, Andrée
Raymonde BOUGUENNEC, Jean
BUTTON, Harold Victor BYCK, Muriel Tamara
BYERLY, Robert Bennett CARELESS, Alfred
CAUCHI, Eric Joseph Denis CLECH, Marcel Remy
CLEMENT, George
COPPIN, Edward Cyril DAMERMENT, Madeleine Zöe DAREME, Pierre
Edouard DEFENCE, Marcel Enzebe DEFENDINI, Alphonse
DEMAND, George William Hedworth DENISET, François Adolphe DETAL,
Julien Theodore Joseph DOWLEN, Roland Robert DUBOUDIN, Emile George
Jean DUCLOS, Philip Francis FINLAYSON, David Haughton FOX, Marcel
Georges Florent FRAGER, Henri Jaques Paul GAILLOT, Henri Hubert
GARDNER, Denis
GARRY, Emile August Henri GEELEN, Pierre Albert Hubert GOUGH, Victor
Albert GRAHAM, Harry Huntingdon GROVER-WILLIAMS, William Charles
Frederick GYORI, Issack
HAMILTON, John Trevor HANAU, Julius
HAYES, Victor Charles HILL, William Arthur HOFFMAN, Ernst
HUBBLE, Desmond Elis INAYAT-KHAN, Noor
JOHANSEN, Hans Robert Filip JONES, Sidney Charles JUMEAU, Clement
Marc KASAP, Jechel Usher
KEUN, Gerald Philip George LANGARD, Raymond
LANSDELL, Armand Richard LARCHER, Maurice Louis Marie Aristide
LAYZELL, Gordon Edward LECCIA, Marcel Mathieu René LEDOUX, Jacques
Paul Henri LEE, Lionel LEFORT, Cicely Margot LEIGH, Vera Eugenie
LEVENE, Eugène Francis LORD, Christopher James MACALISTER, John
Kenneth MAITLAND-MAKGILL-CRICHTON, David MAKOWSKI,
Stanislaw
MALRAUX, Claude Raymond MARTIN-LEAKE, Stephen Philip MAYER,
James Andrew John McBAIN, George Basil MELLOWS, Thomas Anthony
MENESSON, James Francis George MICHEL, François Gérard DE
MONTALEMBERT, Arthur Franz, MULSANT, Pierre Louis MUVRIN, Nick
NEWMAN, Isidore
NICHOLLS, Arthur Frederick Crane NORMAN, Gilbert Maurice OGDEN-
SMITH, Colin Malcolm OPOCZYNSKI, Abraham
PALMER, Sir Anthony Frederick Mark PARDI, Paul Baptiste ERTSCHUK,
Maurice PICHL, Otto PICKERSGILL, Frank Herbert Dedrick PLEWMAN,
Eliane Sophie PRASSINOS, Mario Lambros Achilles RABINOVITCH,
Adolphe RAFFERTY, Brian Dominic RECHENMANN, Charles Théophile
REIK, Chaviva)
REISZ (REISS), Stephan Rafae RENAUD, Jean
RENAUD-DANDICOLLE, Jean Marie ROBERTS, Sidney George
ROCKINGHAM, David William ROLFE, Lilian Verna
ROWDEN, Diana Hope
RUDDELAT, Yvonne Claire ABOURIN, Roméo Roger DE SAINT-GENIÈS,
Baron Marie Joseph Gonzagues SARRETTE, Paul François Marie Charles
William SAVON, Gilbert Joseph SCHWATSCHKO, Alexandre SEHMER, John
SELBY, Neil Beauchamp SERINI, Enzo
SEVENET, Henri Paul
SIBREE, David Whytehead SIMON, Jean Alexandre Robert SIMON, Octave
Anne Guillaume SINCLAIR, Jack Andrew Eugene Marcel SKEPPER, Charles
Milne STEELE, Arthur
SUTTILL, Francis Alfred SZABO, Violette Reine Elizabeth SZENES, Hannah
TESSIER, Paul Raymond Elie TROTOBAS, Michael Alfred Raymond
UNTERNAHRER, Yolande Elsa Maria VASS, Alexander Francis VIVIAN,
Guy Joseph
WALLACE, David John
WHITTY, Valentine Edward WILKINSON, Edward Mountford WILKINSON,
George Alfred WORMS, Jean Alexandre YOUNG, John Cuthbert