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.

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born–Died	Awards	Notes
Alf Aakre^[no]	Norway	Norwegian	1917-1988		Member of the "Aakre Gang." Participated in Operation Carhampton
Elizabeth Lorraine Adie (Lorraine Copeland)	Middle East	British	1916–2013		Married American OSS agent Miles Copeland, Jr.
Francine Agazarian	F, Physician, Prosper	British	1913–1998	FGS, MiD, WM, ST	Courier. Landed in France by aircraft in March 1943. Wife of Jack Agazarian, a Wireless Operator with Prosper circuit.
Jack Agazarian	France	British	1916–1945		Killed in concentration camp March 1945. Armenian father and French mother, brother of the RAF fighter ace Noel Agazarian
Juliane Aisner	F, Farrier	French	1919–1947
Roland Alexandre	France		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	France	Mauritian	1900–1945		Captured when landed in France and killed at Gross-Rosen concentration camp
Claude Arnault
Benjamin Aptaker	France	English	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

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Dorothy Baden-Powell	Scandinavian	British	1920–unk		WRNS^[1]
Claude de Baissac	France	Mautritian	1907–1974		Brother of Lisé de Baissac and husband of Mary Katherine Herbert^[2]
Lisé de Baissac	France	Mauritian	1905–2004	LdH, CdeG	Sister of SOE Agent Claude de Baissac, Portrayed as Louise Desfontaines in the movie Female Agents (Les Femmes de l'ombre).
Giliana Balmaceda					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)	France	French	1911–1943		WRNS, Killed when HMS Fidelity was sunk by U-boat
John Barrett [fr]			1916–1944		arrested in 1944, shot at Buchenwald 5 October 1944
Eric Barrett	Force 136 GHi(k)	British	1910–1975
Yvonne Jeanne de Vibraye Baseden	F, Scholar	British	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.
Charles Noel Beattie	British	Britain	1939–1946	MiD^[3]
Alcide Beauregard	France	Canadian	1917–1944	MiD	Captured by Germans. Killed in Saint-Genis-Laval massacre 20 August 1944
Francis Eugène Bec [fr]	Section F, Headmaster	British	1905–1944		Killed in action when Germans carried out attack on maquis of Charnie 16 June 1944
Stanley Beckinsale	Crete	British	1920–2004	MC
Yolande Beekman	F, Musician	Swiss	1911–1944	CdeG, MiD	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^[4]
Georges Bégué	France	French	1911–1993		Wireless operator; first SOE agent infiltrated into France.
Herbert John Bell	Albania/Italy	British	1919–2001	MM
Robert Benoist	F, Clergyman	French	1895–1944		arrested June 1944. Executed at Buchenwald concentration camp on 14 September 1944
Kem Bennett			1919–1986
Louis Bertheau	France	French	1919–1945	MiD	KIA^[5]
Gustave "Guy" Biéler	France	Canadian	1904–1944	DSO MBE
Emanuel Bierer			1884–unk
Helen Bierer			1885–unk		Full Name: Helen Anna Agate Thormann-Bierer
Andre Bloch			1914–1942		KIA
Denise Madeleine Bloch	F, Clergyman, Detective		1916–1945	KCBC, LdH, CdeG	Killed at Ravensbrück concentration camp^[6] with Lilian Rolfe and Violette Szabo
Marcus Bloom	France	British	1907–1944	MiD	Killed at Mauthausen concentration camp
Bridget Blundell			unk–1999	MBE
Nicholas Bodington	France	British	1904–1974	MBE
Andrée Borrel	F, Physician	French	1919–1944	CdeG, MR, KCBC	Courier. Codenames : Monique, Denise Urbain. KIA at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp
Jean Bouguennec	France		1912–1944		KIA
Tony Brooks	France	British	1922–2007	DSO, MC, CdeG, LdH
Captain Basil Brown			1918–1970	MBE
Carl Johan Bruhn	Denmark	Danish	1904-1941		Died during the first attempt at drop-off with a parachute in Denmark by SOE agents.
Joséf Bublik
Maurice Buckmaster	France	British	1902–1992	MBE, CdeG	F Section Chief
Christopher Burney	France	British	1917–1980	MBE
Norman Burley					Real Name: Noel Fernand Rauol Burdeyron
Sonya Butt	F, Headmaster	British	1924–2014	MBE, MiD	Courier. Married fellow SOE agent Guy D'Artois
Muriel Byck	France	British	1918–1944	MiD	Died in service of meningitis at Romorantin Hospital
Robert Bennett Byerly			1916–1944

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Eric Cauchi	F, Stockbroker	Greek	1917–1944	MiD, CdeG, M.R.F.	^{[citation needed]}
Francis Cammaerts	F, Donkeyman, Jockey	British	1916–2006	DSO, LdH, CdeG
Maddalena Cerasuolo^[7]		Italian	1920–1999	Bronze Medal of Military Valor (Italy)^[8]	Code name: Maria Esposito, C22; sabotage missions, resistant^[8]^[9]
William John Chalk			1899–unk
Robert Arthur Chapman			1901–unk
Valentine Blanche Charlet	F, Detective	British	1898–1985	MBE	Courier. Served with Women's Transport Service.
Pierre Chassé		Canadian	1923–1988	Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) Distinguished Service Order (DSO) Croix de Guerre avec palmes 1939-45 (France)
Marie-Thérèse Le Chêne	France	French	1890-unk	MBE, CdeG
Arthur Christie		British	1921–2003
Kjeld Toft-Christensen	Denmark	Danish	1910–1945	MC,	Committed suicide on 27 November 1945.
Oliver Churchill	Italy	British	1914–1997	DSO, MC, Italian Partisan Medal	Brother of Group Captain Walter Churchill and Captain Peter Churchill
Peter Churchill	France	British	1909–1972	DSO, CdeG	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
Jean Coleman	F, Acolyte	British	1908–1982
Adolphus Richard Cooper			1899–unk
Ted Coppin			1915–1943
Yvonne Cormeau	F, Wheelwright	British	1909–1997	CdeG, DM, GS, MBE, LdH, War Medal 1939-1945, ST	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	France	British	1914–2008		Husband of Pearl Witherington
Noël Coward		British	1899–1972
Benjamin Cowburn	France	British	1909–1994	MC and Bar, LdH, CdeG	Four successful missions into France
Jørgen Robert Christensen	Denmark	Danish	1921–2004		Frogman, co-founder of the Danish Frogman Corps and second in command from 1957 to 1970
Andrew Croft	Norway	British	1906–1998	DSO, MBE
Mike Cumberlege	Force 133	British	1905–1945	DSO and Bar, RD	after capture and torture by the Germans

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Madeleine Damerment	F - Bricklayer	French	1917–1944		at Dachau concentration camp with Yolande Beekman, Noor Inayat Khan, and Eliane Plewman
Guy D'Artois	France	Canadian	1917–1999	DSO, GM, CdeG	Married fellow SOE agent Sonya Butt
Jimmy Davies		British	1913–1940	DFC, MiD	KIA
Marcel Defence			1920–1944		^[10]
Ange Defendini [fr]			1909–1944
George Demand		British	1921–1944		George_Demand^[fr]
Delmeire Alphonse	France	Belgian	1919–1944		KIA 7 June 1944 in Germany
Francois Adolphe Deniset			1917–1944
Henri Dericourt	France	French	1909–1962		Possibly a double agent
Freddi Desmet	France	Dutch	1912–1946		Real Name: Christiaan Lindemans
Julien Detal			unk–1944
Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester	F, Marksman	British	1917 – 1983?	LdH, CdeG	Courier. Born to American parents. Codename : Typist, FANY
Henri Diacono	F, Spiritualist				Wireless Operator.
Douglas Dodds-Parker		British	1909–2006	LdH, CdeG, MiD
Derek Dodson
Leo Donati	Italy	Italian	1919–1972
Hugh Dormer	France	British	1919–1944	DSO	Left SOE in January 1944 (KIA serving with Irish Guards in August 1944).^[11]
Roland Dowlen			1907–1945
Joan Lois Dowson	France	British	1924 - 2010	G.M., CdeG, C.B.E. late of Girton College, Cambridge
André Dubois			1906–1944
Emile Duboudin			1907–1945
Gustave Duclos	France	French	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	France	Mauritian	1919–unk
Archie Dunlop-Mackenzie	Baltic	British			^[12]
Gavan Bernard Duffy		British	1916–1990	MC
Lucien Dumais	France	Canadian		MC, CdeG, LdH	In charge of Shelburn Line (Shelbourne Line) Operation Bonaparte^[13]
Pieter Dourlein [nl]		Dutch			Escaped back to England and survived war.

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Notes
Alf Espedal	Norwegian Independent Company 1	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 ^{[citation needed]}

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Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Albert George Falla	France	Guernsey	1915–1996	Italy,Africa & 39-45 Stars	Worked for MI6 after War until Retirement
Eugene Felangue			1912–1945
Patrick Leigh Fermor	Crete	British	1915–2011	DSO, MBE
David Finlayson			1923–1944
Yvonne Fontaine	F, Tinker, Minister	French	1913–1996	MdlRF
Marcel Fox [fr]	F, Spruce, Publican	French	1910–1945	CdeG, LdH, MiD, MR	Reg # : 257605. Codename : Georges, Ernest. Deported to and KIA in Flossenbürg
Henri Frager	France	French	1897–1944	MiD, MdlRF	KIA
Louis Francou		Belgian			also known as Bullfrog

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Henri Gaillot	France	Belgian	1896–1944		KIA (also known as "Ignace" or "Guillaume")
Albrecht Gaiswinkler	France	Austrian	1905–1979
Harry Gamwell	Yugoslavia & Italy	British	1912–1998		Syracuse, Bari, Alexandria, Yugoslavia.
Emile Garry			1909–1944		KIA
P A H Geelen			1916–1944		KIA
Ole Geisler	Denmark	Danish	1913–1948	DSO	From 1943 head of SOE's work in Jutland.
Victor Gerson	France	British	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		Belgian	1915–1967		also known as Gofer
John G. Goldsmith	France	British	1909–1972	DSO, MC, CdeG, LdH	See "Accidental Agent" memoir published 1971.
Malby E. G. Goodman	British	Cairo, Yugoslavia, Italy	1917–2015
Harry Graham			1910–1945		KIA
André Grandclément	France	French	1908–1944		Executed as a double agent
Christine Granville (Krystyna Skarbek)	F, Jockey	Polish	1908 - 1952	OBE, GM, Croix de Guerre	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.
Sverre Granlund	Norway	Norwegian	1918–1943	DCM, WCS
William Grover-Williams	France	British	1903–1945		Captured and executed at Sachsenhausen
Jacques Vaillant de Guélis	France	British	1997-1945	MBE, Military Cross, Croix de Guerre^[14]	Died from an automobile accident on 7 August 1945
Armel Guerne			1911–1980
René Dumont-Guillemet	F, Spiritualist				Organizer of Spiritualist circuit.

Name	SOE Section	Nationality	Born-Died	Awards	Notes
Virginia Hall	F, Heckler	American	1906–1982	MBE, DSC	Post war worked for the CIA
Odette Hallowes	F, Spindle	British	1912–1995	GC, MBE, LdH	Most highly decorated woman in WWII. Also known by the surnames "Sansom"^[15] and "Churchill" (By marriage). Codename 'Lise'. Married Peter Churchill after the war.
John Hamilton			1907–1944
Mogens Hammer	Denmark	Danish	1911-1946		Sent together with Carl Johan Bruhn over Denmark
Gordon Harris	Italy / Greece	British	1917-1965		P.A. to Gen. Stawell. Attached to Col Papas Tamitiades, Greek commander in Peloponnese for direct liaison with 3 corps.^[16]
John Beresford "Jack" Hayes		British	1904–unk		Organised Mission Helmsman in July–August 44
Victor Hayes			1908–1944
Mary Hemmings			1914–unk
Mary Katherine Herbert	France	Irish	1903–1983		First WAAF Officer to join the SOE
Richard Henry Heslop	France	British	1907–1973	DSO, LdH, CdeG	Organiser (leader) of Marksman network.
Richard Hewitt		British	1917–1994	MBE	commanded the Allied No 1 Special Forces in the Italian Campaign
Harry Hill		British
George Hiller [fr]	France	British	1916–1972		^[17]
Wilhelm Holst	France	Norwegian	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		British	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		British	1910-1995	DSO OBE	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		British	1924-2012
André Hue	France	Anglo-French	1923–2005	DSO
Max Hymans	France	France	1900–1961

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