List of SOE agents

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

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Lorraine Adie F BR 1916- Married American OSS agent Miles Copeland, Jr.
Francine Agazarian French British 1913–1999 MiD Wife of Jack Agazarian
Jack Agazarian F 1916–1945
Juliane Aisner French French 1919-1980s
Roland Alexandre F 1921–1944
Elisee Allard 1916–1944
Rehavam Amir 1916-
Phillip Amphlett 1921–1945
James Amps 1908–1945
France Antelme F Mauritian 1900–1945
Claude Arnault

B

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Dorothy Baden-Powell Scandinavian British 1920- WRNS
Claude de Baissac F Mauritian 1907-1974 Brother of Lisé de Baissac and husband of Mary Katherine Herbert
Lisé de Baissac French Mauritian 1905–2004 Brother of SOE Agent Claude de Baissac
Madeleine Barclay French French 1911–1943 WRNS, KIA aboard HMS Fidelity
Denis Barrett 1916–1944 KIA
Yvonne Baseden French French 1922-? MBE, LdH, CdeG
Alcide Beauregard 1917–1944 KIA
Francis Eugene Bec 1905–1944 KIA
Major Stanley Beckinsale 1920–2004
Yolande Beekman French Swuss 1911–1944 MiD KIA at Dachau concentration camp
Georges Bégué F French 1911–1993
Herbert John Bell Albania/Italy British 1919- 2001 MM
Robert Benoist F French 1895–1944 KIA
Kem Bennett 1919–1986
Louis Bertheau 1919–1945 KIA
Gustave "Guy" Biéler F Canadian 1904–1944 DSO MBE
Emanuel Bierer 1884-ukn
Helen Bierer 1885-ukn Full Name Helen Anna Agate Thormann-Bierer
Andre Bloch 1914–1942 KIA
Denise Bloch French 1916–1945 KCBC, LdH, CdeG KIA at Ravensbrück concentration camp
Marcus Bloom 1907-1944
Bridget Blundell -1999 OBE
Nicholas Bodington F British 1904–1974 OBE
Andrée Borrel French French 1919–1944 CdeG KIA at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
Jean Bouguennec F 1912–1944 KIA
Tony Brooks F British 1922–2007 DSO, MC, CdeG, LdH
Captain Basil Brown 1918–1970 MBE
Joséf Bublik
Maurice Buckmaster F British 1902–1992 MBE, CdeG F Section Chief
Christopher Burney F British 1917–1980 MBE
Pierre Brossolette F French 1903–1944 LdH, CdG, CdlL, MdlR
Norman Burley Real Name: Noel Fernand Rauol Burdeyron
Sonya Butt French British 1924- MBE, MiD Married fellow SOE agent Guy d'Artois
Muriel Byck French British 1918–1944 MiD Died in service of meningitis at Romorantin Hospital
Robert Bennett Byerly 1916–1944

C

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Eric Cauchi F
Stockbroker		 Greek 1917–1944 MiD, CdG, M.R.F. [1]
Francis Cammaerts F
Donkeyman
Jockey		 British 1916–2006 DSO, LdH, CdeG
William John Chalk 1899-ukn
Robert Arthur Chapman 1901-ukn
Blanche Charlet French British 1898-1985 MBE
Marie Thérèse Le Chêne F French
Oliver Churchill Italy British 1914–1997 Brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill and Captain Peter Churchill
Odette Churchill F British See Odette Sansom
Peter Churchill F British 1909–1972 Brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill and Major Oliver Churchill
Arthur Christie British 1921–2003
Marcel Clech 1905–1944
George Clement 1917–1944
Jean Coleman F British 1908–1982
Adolphus Richard Cooper 1899-ukn
Ted Coppin 1915–1943
Yvonne Cormeau French British 1909–1997 MBE, LdH, CdeG
Henri Cornioley F British 1914–2008 Husband of Pearl Witherington
Noel Coward British 1899–1972
Andrew Croft Norway British 1906–1998 DSO, OBE
Mike Cumberlege 1905-1945

D

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Madeleine Damerment French French 1917–1944 KIA at Dachau concentration camp
Guy D'Artois F Canadian 1917–1999 DSO, GM, CdeG
Jimmy Davies British 1913–1940 DFC, MiD KIA
Marcel Defence 1920–1944
Ange Defendini 1909–1944
George Demand unk-1944
Delmeire Alphonse F Belgian 1919–1944 KIA 7 June 1944 in Germany
Francois Adolphe Deniset 1917–1944
Henri Dericourt F French 1909–1962 Possibly a double agent
Julien Detal unk-1944
Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester French British 1917-1983? LdH, CdeG
Douglas Dodds-Parker British 1909–2006 LdH, CdeG, MiD
Derek Dodson
Roland Dowlen 1907–1945
André Dubois 1906–1944
Emile Duboudin 1907–1945
Gustave Duclos 1916–2002
Phillip Duclos 1923–1944
Alix D'Unienville F Mauritian 1919-
Gavan Bernard Duffy 1916-1990 MC

E

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Alf Espedal 1914–1969
Reginald Harold Everson 1923–1990

F

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Albert George Falla 1918–1997
Leon Faye
Eugene Felangue 1912–1945
Patrick Leigh Fermor Crete British 1915-2011 DSO, OBE
David Finlayson 1923–1944
Yvonne Fontaine F French 1913–1996 MdlRF
Marcel Fox 1910–1945
Henri Frager F French 1897–1944 MiD, MdlRF KIA

G

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Henri Gaillot F 1896–1944 KIA
Albrecht Gaiswinkler F Austrian 1905–1979
Harry Gamwell 1912–1998
Emile Garry 1909–1944 KIA
P A H Geelen 1916–1944 KIA
Haim Gerson
Harry Graham 1910–1945 KIA
Sverre Granlund Norway Norwegian 1918–1943 DCM, WCS
William Grover-Williams F British 1903–1945 KIA
Armel Guerne 1911–1980

H

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Virginia Hall French American 1906–1982 MBE, DSC Post war worked for the CIA
Odette Hallowes F British 1912-1995 GC, MBE, CdeG see Odette Sansom
John Hamilton 1907–1944
John Berisford "Jack" Hayes 1904-
Victor Hayes 1908–1944
Mary Hemmings 1914-
Mary Katherine Herbert French Irish 1903–1983 First WAAF Officer to join the SOE
Richard Harry Heslop F British 1907-1970 DSO, LdH, CdeG
George Hiller F British 1916–1972 [2]
Marcel Homet 1897-unk
Desmond Hubble 1910–1944
Max Hymans F French 1900–1961

I

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Captain Basil Irwin Yugoslavia and Italy MC Liaison Officer

J

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Peter Johnsen
Sydney Jones 1902–1944
Ginette Julliane
Clement Jumeau 1914–1944

K

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Noor Inyat Khan French Russian 1914–1944 GC, MBE, CdeG, MiD KIA at Dachau concentration camp
Andrzej Kowerski Polish 1912–1988 also known as Andrew Kennedy
Mary Knowles 1917–2003 also known as Christine
Marguerite Knight French British 1920- MBE

L

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
A R Landsdell
Maurice Larcher
James Larose
Phyliss Latour F British 1921- MBE, CdeG
Madeleine Lavigne F French unk-1945
Marcel Leccia
Jacques Paul Henri Ledoux
Christopher Lee 1922-
Lionel Lee
Cecily Lefort French British 1900–1945 CdeG, MiD KIA at Ravensbrück concentration camp
Vera Leigh French British 1903–1944 KCBC KIA at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
M A Lepage
E Lesout

M

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Amédée Maingard F Mauritian 1918–1981 DSO, CdeG
Claude Raymond Malraux
Andre Adrian Jules Maugenet
Comte Jacques-Arthus Marc de Montalembert
Ernest Miller
Gavin Maxwell Instructor British 1914–1969
James Andrew Mayer
James Francis George Mennesson
Francois Gerard Michel
George Millar F British DSO MC DSO MC
G B McBain
John Kenneth Macalister F Canadian 1914–1944 KIA
S Makowski
R M A Mathieu
W. Stanley Moss Crete British 1919–1964 MC
Pierre Louis Mulsant
Buntie Aurelle Neredah Macklin-Sprake

N

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Eileen Nearne French British 1921–2010 MBE, CdeG Sister of SOE agents Jacqueline & Francis Nearne
Francis Nearne F British Brother of SOE agents Eileen & Jacqueline Nearne
Jacqueline Nearne French British 1916–1982 MBE Sister of SOE agents Eileen & Francis Nearne
Isidore Newman
Alfred Newton
Henry Newton
Gilbert Norman F British 1914–1944 KIA

O

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Sonia Olschanezky French Russian/French 1923–1944 KIA at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
Patricia O'Sullivan French British 1918–1994 CdG, MBE WAAF

P

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Paul Baptiste Pardi
Maurice Pertschuk
Harry Peulevé F British 1916–1963 DSO, MC
Frank Pickersgill F Canadian 1915–1944 KIA
Eliane Plewman French British 1917–1944 KCBC, CdeG KIA at Dachau concentration camp

Q

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Anthony Quayle Albania British 1913–1989

R

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Adolphie Rabinovitch
Alex Rabinovich
Brain Dominic Rafferty
Charles Rechenmann
Harry Rée F British 1914-1991 DSO, OBE
Haviva Reik Slovakia Slovakian 1914–1944 KIA
Jean Renaud-Dandicolle
Anne Robertson 1920-
Lilian Rolfe French British 1914–1945 MBE, CdeG, MiD KIA at Ravensbrück concentration camp
Jasper Rootham Yugoslavia British 1910–1990
Diana Rowden French British 1915–1944 MBE, CdeG, MiD KIA at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
Yvonne Rudelatt French French 1897–1945 Died in service of typhus at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp

S

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Roméo Sabourin F Canadian 1923–1944 KIA
Odette Sansom French British 1912–1995 GC, MBE, LdH Also known by the surnames "Hallowes" and "Churchill"
Paul F M Sarrette
Alexandre Schwatschko
Enzo Sereni Italy Italian 1905–1944 KIA
Henri P. Sevenet
Jack Andrew Eugene Marcel Sinclair
Jean Alexandre Robert Simon
Octave Anne Guillaume Simon
Krystyna Skarbek French Polish 1915–1952 GM, OBE, CdeG Better known by her pseudonm Christine Granville
Brian Skelly 1920–2001
Charles Milne Skepper
Einar Skinnarland Norway Norwegian 1918–2002 DCM
V. A. Soskice
Maurice Southgate
James William Spencer 1915-|
M J G de St Genies
Arthur Staggs
George Reginald Starr F British 1904–1980 MD, DSO Brother of John Renshaw Starr
John Renshaw Starr F British unk-1996 Brother of George Reginald Starr
Arthur Steele
Brian Stonehouse F British 1918–1998 MBE
Francis Suttill F British 1910–1945 DSO KIA
Violette Szabo French British 1921–1945 GC, MBE, CdeG KIA at Ravensbrück concentration camp
Hannah Szenes Yugoslavia Hungarian 1921–1944 KIA in Budapest

T

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Jacques Taschereau
P R Tessier
Paul-Émile Thibeault
Michael Trotobas

U

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
P L Ullman

V

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
François Vallée
Philippe de Vomécourt
Arie Van Duyn

W

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Nancy Wake French Australian 1912-2011 GC, LdH, CdeG Known by her code name "White Mouse"
Anne-Marie Walters French British 1923–1998 MBE, CdeG
Peter Wand-Tetley
David Whytehead Sibrée
Odette Wilen French
E M Wilkinson
George Alfred "Teddy" Wilkinson
Jean-Pierre Wimille F French 1908–1949
Pearl Witherington French British 1914–2008 MBE, CBE, CdeG
Jean Worms
Dagmar Witherspoon

Y

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas F British 1902–1964 GC, MC*, CdeG, CLdH Best known by his code name "White Rabbit"
John Young
John Cuthbert Young

Z

Name SOE Section Nationality Born-Died Awards Notes
Robert Charles Zaehner Iran British 1913–74 Worked for Mi6 after the war
Guido Zembsh-Schreve 1916-

See Also

References=

  1. ^ http://www.specialforcesroh.com/browse.php?mode=viewiroll&rollid=3659
  2. ^ http://www.nigelperrin.com/georgehiller.htm