Brighton's secret agents : the Brighton & Hove contribution to Britain's WW2 Special Operations Executive (SOE) /

Winstion Churchill authorized the creation of a new wartime secret service, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) with the order "And now set Europe ablaze." Paul McCue tells a main story of four Brighton and Hove-born agents honored with blue plaques. He details the organisation's c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McCue, Paul (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Uniform, [2016]
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part one: The Special Operations Executive (1. The birth of SOE ; 2. Operations in France ; 3. Training and despatch)
  • Part two: The SOE agents born in Brighton (4. Lieutenant Jacqueline Nearne, MBE Croix de Guerre, French section ; 5. Captain Ronald Taylor, Italian section (No. 1 Special Force) ; 6. Captain Michael Trotobas, French section ; 7. Captain Edward Zeff, MBE Croix de Guerre, French section)
  • Part three: They also served (8. Lieutenant Roland Alexandre, French section ; 9. Lieutenant Frank Bec, Légion d'honneur, French section ; 10. Lieutenant Marcus Bloom, French section ; 11. Charles Fraser-Smith, Ministry of Supply ; 12. Flight Lieutenant Stephen Hankey, 161 (Special Duties), Squadron, Royal Air Force)
  • Part four: Post-war (13. The cost)