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CODENAME: MADELEINE is inspired by a British female spy of royal Indian descent who served as a Resistance agent in Occupied France. Her mission in 1943 was considered to be one of the most dangerous of World War II. She was awarded the George Cross and the Croix de Guerre for

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Known as “The White Rabbit” to the Gestapo, Wing Commander Forest Frederick Edward ' Tommy' Yeo-Thomas, GC, MC, was a British SOE agent predominately working on operations in Occupied and Vichy France. In February 1944, Yeo-Thomas parachuted into France from RAF Tempsford but

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Would you volunteer for airborne insertion into a Nazi-occupied country to sabotage enemy communication and transport links? You run the risk (not always apparent) of being betrayed by locals who are collaborating with Nazi forces. You have a nearly 30% chance of being tortured

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Patrick Leigh Fermor DSO was the C20th answer to Byron. Born in 1915, he decided to walk from Holland to Istanbul in 1933. Surviving mainly on charm and good looks, he traversed mainland Europe sometimes sleeping in barns other times in the grandest baronial castles. He would

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Former SOE agent, Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor DSO OBE died in June 2011, aged 96. Like Byron, Leigh Fermor was a soldier, a writer and a traveller. Both men drank deep from the cup of life. Both men had Greece’s back. Both men swam the Hellespont. Both men are among Greece’s

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Crete, WW2: George Psychoundakis, the Cretan shepherd, was crucial to the SOE unit under Patrick Leigh Fermor hiding out in the mountains. Though his schooling was rudimentary, he was known to be quick-witted as well as quick-footed. He ran messages and arms for SOE throughout

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Famous actor Sir Anthony Quayle served as an SOE Operative in Albania during World War Two. On New Year's Eve 1943, Major Quayle parachuted with a wireless operator at Tragjas. Later on, he contracted malaria and jaundice, leading to his repatriation to the UK on 3rd April 1944.

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For our tomorrow they gave their today. Let us never forget the bravery and sacrifices made by the SOE agents of WW2.

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Crete, WW2: Patrick Leigh Fermor was recruited from the Irish Guards into SOE. A classics scholar, he was selected for operations in German-occupied Crete, helping to arm and organise the Cretan resistance under an occupation brutal even by Nazi standards. He undertook 3 covert

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Codename 'Louise', SOE agent Violette Szabo was executed at Ravensruck concentration camp in 1945, aged 23, after her second mission to occupied France. She utilised the poem written by SOE's cryptograher poet, Leo Marks, as the key for encryption of her covert transmissions:

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SOE Spindle Circuit female agent Odette Sansom Hallowes endured interrogation and torture at the hands of the Gestapo before being incarcerated in the Ravensbruck concentration camp. Post-war, she provided testimony against prison guards accused of war crimes during the 1946

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Crete, 1944: Two agents from the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) adopt disguises as Corporals of the Feldgendarmerie prior to the abduction of German General Heinrich Kreipe.

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These are decoy shoes utilised by SOE agents in the Pacific during WW2 to mislead the Japanese, who would observe the footprints and presume they belonged to locals, who walked barefoot!

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Sir Hardy Amies, an agent of the SOE's Belgian Section, orchestrated the assassination of double agents within the network (personally eliminating two). In 1955, he became Queen Elizabeth II's couturier.

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Cambridge, late 1940s: after the war my grandfather, Geoffrey Curran, hung up his RAF wings to study ceramics. In the late 1940s he set up the Fen Pottery in Godmanchester, near Cambridge. The individual officiating at the opening ceremony (sadly no surviving pictures) was the

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Leo Marks was the ‘poet cryptographer’ of SOE who became the Head of 'codes and ciphers', with 400+ staff. It was his responsibility to provide agents with the ciphers with which to send information to London by radio, including testing Noor Inayat Khan’s coding before her

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Noor Inayat Khan enlisted in the F Section of the SOE (France) under the name Nora Baker. In 1943, she became the first female wireless operator dispatched to Occupied France. Renowned for her exceptional transmission skills, she owed much of her proficiency in Morse to her

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The SOE memorial in the Natural History Museum, London. A rather amazing depiction of an agent parachuting. SOE had significant ties to the museum: during WW2, multiple gallery rooms served as workshops and demonstration spaces for the clandestine unit.

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Noor Inayat Khan’s brother, Vilayat, served in the Royal Navy in WW2. A mine sweeping officer, he helped clear the coasts off France, Belgium, Holland, and Norway, often under heavy fire. He went on to continue his father’s teaching of Sufism. When he died in 2004, the Dalai

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CODENAME: MADELEINE tracks Suttill's exploits in Occupied Paris as the Prosper Circuit falls into peril. While the Gestapo tighten their grip, a lone SOE wireless operator appears at most dangerous juncture of the secret war. Her codename is MADELEINE.

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#OTD , night of 8/9 April 1944: Muriel Byck parachuted into France alongside three fellow SOE operatives: Captain Stanislaw Makowski, Captain C. S. Hudson and Captain G. D. Jones. In France, she acted as a wireless operator attached to the Ventriloquist Circuit, using the

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Major Denis Rake MC, of Special Operations Executive (SOE) lived undercover in Nazi-occupied Paris, performing as a drag queen. He is the protagonist of Book 2, CODENAME: GOD-GIVEN.

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Do you know the name of this dramatic 20th century wartime hero?

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RAF Tempsford was where ‘Tommy’ Yeo-Thomas, and other SOE agents, began their missions.

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Known as “The White Rabbit” to the Gestapo, Wing Commander Forest Frederick Edward ' Tommy' Yeo-Thomas, GC, MC, was a British SOE agent predominately working on operations in Occupied and Vichy France. In February 1944, Yeo-Thomas parachuted into France from RAF Tempsford but

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Francis Suttill DSO was a half-English, half-French barrister and member of Lincoln's Inn. He was recruited by SOE in WW2 and went on to head one of the largest resistance networks in Occupied Paris.

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Crete, WW2: George Psychoundakis, the Cretan shepherd, was crucial to the SOE unit under Patrick Leigh Fermor hiding out in the mountains. Though his schooling was rudimentary, he was known to be quick-witted as well as quick-footed. He ran messages and arms for SOE throughout

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Patrick Leigh Fermor DSO was the C20th answer to Byron. Born in 1915, he decided to walk from Holland to Istanbul in 1933. Surviving mainly on charm and good looks, he traversed mainland Europe sometimes sleeping in barns other times in the grandest baronial castles. He would

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Nancy Wake (George Medal) was a New Zealand-born nurse and journalist who joined the French Resistance and later the SOE. Operating mainly in the Auvergne, she was known as “The White Mouse” to the Gestapo because she was notorious for avoiding capture. A forceful personality,

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In 1949, the brother (Vilayat) and sister (Claire) of SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan accept the George Cross on Noor's behalf at Buckingham Palace. Both Vilayat and Claire feature in my debut novel CODENAME: MADELEINE.

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In March 1944, Władysław Ważny and five other SOE operatives parachuted into Occupied France. Shortly thereafter he established a network of agents spanning across northern France, Belgium and Holland. In merely three months, his network identified 127 launch sites for Hitler's

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SOE training from the 1958 movie 'Carve Her Name With Pride'. Following arduous training, operatives of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) were airdropped into occupied Europe and the Far East to equip and rally resistance movements. Differing from conventional special

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April, 1945. A container with weapons and SOE equipment dropped over Denmark to support the Danish resistance.

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The missions conducted by the SOE were among the riskiest of the Second World War, resulting in many agents, including women, being apprehended by the Gestapo or betrayed by locals cooperating with German forces. It is estimated that 28% of all SOE agents deployed on missions

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SOE ‘Station XVb’ - a nascent Q-branch hidden inside the Natural History Museum, London, during WW2.

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WW2, Ethiopia, late 1940: my grandfather, Geoffrey Curran, an RAF ‘special duties’ intelligence officer was sent to Italian-occupied Ethiopia. He helped establish early SOE networks in Ethiopia (‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ spread that far) and was briefly attached to

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My maternal grandfather, Geoffrey Curran (1930s), shortly after Oxford. He volunteered for the RAF on the first day of WW2. He went on to fight in Ethiopia, Aden and Europe. A decorated war hero, always modest, he worked closely with the 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.'

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During WWII, the SOE crafted a Motorised Submersible Canoe (MSC), affectionately nicknamed 'Sleeping Beauty'. This unique marine vessel was designed for solo frogmen missions, enabling clandestine reconnaissance or surprise assaults on enemy ships.

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4 Taviton Street, Bloomsbury, London. Tribute to an SOE agent awarded the George Cross.🙏 Her codename was MADELEINE and you can walk in her shoes in 'a magical debut' of mine! 📚 🚶‍♀️

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Can you name the location of this English Heritage blue plaque? If you can, I'll be deeply impressed!

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WW2, 1945: my grandfather on home leave with my mother, Tricia, on his knee. After Ethiopia and Aden, he spent the last part of the war in Europe. He was one of the first allied airmen to reach Berlin. In the months following the war, he helped settle Polish pilots who flew with

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French Resistance, 1944.

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Noor Inayat Khan was a pioneering individual in the history and expansion of SOE in 1943: she was the first woman to receive specialist training for operations in Nazi-occupied France. #InternationalWomensDay

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SOE was known as 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.' Here 'The Ministry' gets the Guy Richie treatment. Historical accuracy may be a little shaky, but looks like one for the SOE enthusiast! Good to see Mr Cavill as a chaos-bringing SOE leader. Out April 19th.

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SOE, Field Transmission. SOE wireless operators needed a thorough familiarity with their area of operation. It was crucial to transmit from different locations and only for short periods. In an urban setting, it was known that the German Radio Defence Corps could pinpoint a

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@JMSimpsonauthor Dog holding a tree branch

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RAF Lysander, used for SOE agent insertion, nicknamed 'Lizzies'. Perfect for covert insertion and in my opinion - an engineering masterpiece. Prove me wrong.

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This International Women's Day, 1x lucky person will be announced at 20:00pm UK time to win a signed copy of my debut novel CODENAME: MADELEINE. To enter: 1. Be following my X account: @Silk_Scribbler . 2. Like this Post. The protagonist in the novel is one of the bravest WW2

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My maternal grandfather, Geoffrey Curran (1930s), shortly after Oxford. He volunteered for the RAF on the first day of WW2. He went on to fight in Ethiopia, Aden and Europe. A decorated war hero, always modest, he worked closely with the 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.'

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Can you name the location of this English Heritage blue plaque? If you can, I'll be deeply impressed!

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'A book is a dream that you that hold in your hands' (Gaiman). CODENAME: MADELEINE is out in paperback, ebook and audiobook read by the peerless 👑Olivia Williams🙏🏼 Thank you 🩵 to everyone who has supported the book on Twitter 🩷 You rock 🪨

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Memorial of Noor Inayat Khan in Gordon Square Gardens, London. Noor lived nearby and spent some quiet time in this garden. The bust was unveiled by HRH The Princess Royal on 8 November 2012.

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SOE were renowned for its diverse recruitment, drawing individuals from various backgrounds including barristers, actors, musicians, teachers, housewives, chess masters, chancers, burglars, and forgers, among others (the list was not exhaustive). This eclectic mix of personnel

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4 Taviton Street, Bloomsbury, London. Tribute to an SOE agent awarded the George Cross.🙏 Her codename was MADELEINE.

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The Welfreighter was a British WW2 midget submarine developed by the SOE for landing agents covertly ashore, collecting intelligence along enemy coastlines and deploying explosive depth charges onto enemy shipping routes. Though used only once, the submarine was an engineering

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Robert Benoist (pictured) was a real life racing driver and also a member of the French Resistance during World War II. Despite his fame and success in motorsports, Benoist actively participated in covert operations against the Nazi occupation of France, using his skills to aid

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@KyleGHistory I believe I stand corrected. Will use the cover of The Cretan Runner in the next post. Your knowledge is outstanding. Will DM you next week if I may?

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Despite the pioneering batch being intercepted, SOE discovered exploding rats had an unforeseen advantage. German troops believed all roadside rat corpses were now real bombs and wasted unnecessary amounts of time to "defuse" them.

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One intriguing gadget created by the SOE was a true pest: a genuine rat (taxidermy style) stuffed with live explosives. The rats would be laid as covert roadside bombs. However, these detonating vermin were never used, as the pioneering batch was intercepted by the Germans.

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Leigh Fermor (later Sir Patrick) wrote of his European odyssey in the travel classic, 'A Time of Gifts.'

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Another piece by my grandfather. Geoffrey Curran, Fen Pottery, Godmanchester

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WW2, Ethiopia, 1941: on 5th May 1941, the newly restored Emperor Haile Selassie, the ‘King of Kings’, famously re-entered the capital, Addis Ababa, on a white horse. During his restoration the emperor befriended my grandfather, a friendship that would outlast the war. Family

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WW2, Ethiopia, late 1940: my grandfather, Geoffrey Curran, an RAF ‘special duties’ intelligence officer was sent to Italian-occupied Ethiopia. He helped establish early SOE networks in Ethiopia (‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’ spread that far) and was briefly attached to

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CODENAME: MADELEINE follows the exploits of the urbane barrister ('PROSPER') in Nazi-occupied Paris as the net starts to close in on the 'PROSPER' network. As the Gestapo tighten their grip, a lone SOE wireless operator appears at the most dangerous juncture of the secret war.

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Francis Suttill's codename was indeed PROSPER. Well done all those who gave the right answer. 👏🏼 The resistance network Major Suttill ran in Occupied Paris became known as the 'Prosper Circuit.'

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SOE's infamous pipe dagger, a covert WWII weapon, disguised as a smoker's essential. Concealed within its hollow handle was a steel blade, about 4-6 inches long, for self-defence and 'escape' situations. Used discreetly by SOE agents in espionage missions, it was crucial for

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This Sleeve Gun was employed by SOE agents during WWII. It served as an assassination tool specifically crafted to be hidden within a coat sleeve.

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This International Women's Day, the author of CODENAME: MADELEINE would like to pay tribute to the women agents of WW2 who undertook some of the most perilous missions of the war. Their courage is humbling.

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@TalkTV @RobbieRinder @Joanna__Hardy 'This has never been a better time to be a criminal. This has never been a worse time to be a victim.' Pure class, Jo. ✨✨

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Walk in the shoes of one of the rarest and bravest SOE agents whose codename was MADELEINE. My debut novel is a unique blend of the divine wisdom of Sufism and the cold reality of war. In addition, the reader will meet, through MADELEINE's story, some unusual intriguing

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SOE Officers who captured the German Commander of Crete, General Kreipe. He was spirited off the island in a major propaganda victory for the Allies in 1944.

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Will SOE aficionados be tuning in on 19th April?

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SOE was known as 'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare.' Here 'The Ministry' gets the Guy Richie treatment. Historical accuracy may be a little shaky, but looks like one for the SOE enthusiast! Good to see Mr Cavill as a chaos-bringing SOE leader. Out April 19th.

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I would be honoured to sign my debut novel to you either upon a brief encounter with book in hand, or at a public speaking event.

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A 1915 Army recruitment poster. Either outcome appears to be bleak.

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Honoured to be invited to the Garden Party at Buckingham Palace yesterday. Dazzling spring sunshine, flowers in bloom, geese quacking and military bands hitting the notes to perfection. 🎶

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After her death, her family dreamt of her engulfed in etheric blue light as she came to them. She said she was free...

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@BarristerSecret I was in a case in which my opponent (now a judge) said 'Don't listen to Barnaby. He's like an F-class Hugh Grant look-and- sound-alike sent from a casting agency on its last legs.' His client was convicted.

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Francis Suttill's codename was indeed PROSPER. Well done all those who gave the right answer. 👏🏼 The resistance network Major Suttill ran in Occupied Paris became known as the 'Prosper Circuit.'

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Appearing on WW2 TV, this Wednesday 24th April 2024 at 7 p.m.

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A boot dagger used for clandestine missions, concealed within the shoe for lethal deployment, commonly utilised by the Special Operations Executive (SOE).

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Barrister by day, writer by night!

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CODENAME: MADELEINE is inspired by the WW2 SOE agent Noor Inayat Khan. Walk in her footsteps in Moscow, London and, as a spy, in Occupied Paris:

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CODENAME: MADELEINE is inspired by a British female spy of royal Indian descent who served as a Resistance agent in Occupied France. Her mission in 1943 was considered to be one of the most dangerous of World War II. She was awarded the George Cross and the Croix de Guerre for

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Sourced online: a pair of my grandfather’s original early 1950s handmade pieces from the Fenland Pottery, which will come full circle back to the family soon!

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WW2, 1945: my grandfather on home leave with my mother, Tricia, on his knee. After Ethiopia and Aden, he spent the last part of the war in Europe. He was one of the first allied airmen to reach Berlin. In the months following the war, he helped settle Polish pilots who flew with

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I will be making an appearance on a major WW2 podcast soon…

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Friends, readers, writers. I am trying to reach the magic 1000 followers by my birthday on 27th February. Will you join my first Writer's Lift? Drop me links to your magical books, stories and poems! Follow for follow 🙏 #WritingCommunity #writerslift #followforfollowback

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@upstalbeam Great post

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One intriguing gadget created by the SOE was a true pest: a genuine rat (taxidermy style) stuffed with live explosives. The rats would be laid as covert roadside bombs. However, these detonating vermin were never used, as the pioneering batch was intercepted by the Germans.

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CODENAME: MADELEINE has completely sold out on Amazon. Profound thanks to readers / buyers. 🙏🏼🫂

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Are you looking for an online lecturer or guest speaker at your next event? I specialise in talks on SOE and its training, F-section, cryptography, WW2 espionage, and specific agents including Noor Inayat Khan, Francis Suttill, Virginia Hall & Denis Rake.

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Please enjoy the spoken word of Marks’ famous poem:

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@Mumblingman123 @SOEhistory Well remembered. Further posts to follow!

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SOE had strong legal connections. It was covertly set up by the iconic solicitors firm, Slaughter and May @slaughterandmay . During combat training, instructors would shout: 'I want a little less May and a lot more Slaughter!'

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Crete, 1944. Eagle-eyed posters (including an ex-Royal Marine) have spotted that the two SOE agents in German uniform about to abduct General Kreipe appear to be carrying Sykes-Fairburn Commando knives! What do you think?

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Crete, 1944: Two agents from the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) adopt disguises as Corporals of the Feldgendarmerie prior to the abduction of German General Heinrich Kreipe.

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@i_williamson1 Yes indeed. Sadly he died relatively young. His experiences no doubt a factor.

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BARNABY JAMESON

@Silk_Scribbler

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'A stunning achievement.' Publication day thanks to The Secret Barrister @BarristerSecret . The Banksy of my profession and a best-selling, wall-knocking talent. Thank you, SB! 🙏

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BARNABY JAMESON

@Silk_Scribbler

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Author's smile says that, with the help of dynamic Sheryl Shurville @CWBookshop , all copies of CODENAME: MADELEINE sold out.🙏🏼 Thanks in addition to Paul Waters @PaulWaters99 , Aneysha Waters and Victoria Christian @MissVC for making @ChilternKills 2023 such a humdinger...! 🩵

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BARNABY JAMESON

@Silk_Scribbler

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@Vanguard_WW2 Carve Her Name With Pride 🤲🙏

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BARNABY JAMESON

@Silk_Scribbler

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Sir Hardy Amies, the late Queen Elizabeth II's couturier, was in the Belgian Section of SOE during WW2. His role and work in Operation Ratweek (co-ordinated strikes on Axis communication lines in the Balkans) are unknown and still remain behind classified files. After the war,

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BARNABY JAMESON

@Silk_Scribbler

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French-born Odette Sansom GC, MBE, served as a courier for the Spindle network with F Section (SOE) during the Second World War. This covert sabotage unit was Sir Winston Churchill's secret weapon, tasked to "set Europe ablaze." SOE was also known as the 'Ministry of

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BARNABY JAMESON

@Silk_Scribbler

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@Art0fThinking Car gear R. For reverse.

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BARNABY JAMESON

@Silk_Scribbler

10 months

As the manuscript for Book 2, CODENAME: GOD-GIVEN, reaches its final draft....

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BARNABY JAMESON

@Silk_Scribbler

6 months

I am honoured to have received such outstanding quotes about CODENAME: MADELEINE from some of the most prestigious book reviewers worldwide. Thank you all and I am also humbled to have recently reached 3000 followers on X. 🙌

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BARNABY JAMESON

@Silk_Scribbler

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The Medal of the Sociéte de Secours aux Blessés is one of several Badges of this Society and was specifically given to women who undertook services of a voluntary nature to sick and wounded French soldiers in the First World War. Several British women who served in France with

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BARNABY JAMESON

@Silk_Scribbler

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Honoured to sit next to renowned WWII historian, Helen Fry @DrHelenFry , on the spy panel @ChilternKills . Hoping some of her knowledge may rub off...🙏🏼

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BARNABY JAMESON

@Silk_Scribbler

2 years

'The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.' I am seeking to gain 1000 followers by 28.9.2022 to celebrate 3 months of publication. May I call on Twitter's movers, shakers and partakers to RT? 🙏 Especially devotees of the inimitable SB @BarristerSecret 🦸‍♂️!

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