The Secret WW2 Learning Network is an educational charity registered in the UK  - a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)         No. 1156796
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    • Trustees
    • Co-founders
    • Our Veteran Honorary Life Friends
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    • Without whom....
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  • STORIES

    • Operation Corona
    • Engagement Ring
    • Major Richard Rubinstein
    • Captain Paul Raymond Elie Tessier
    • Commander Kenneth Cohen
    • Flight Sergeant Arthur Stokes DFM
    • Irena Piwarska - by Magda Thomas
  • BURSARIES

  • ACTIVITIES

    • Annual programme of activities
  • RESOURCES

    • Books - Trustees' recommendations
    • SOE history
    • Explore SOE
    • Before Tempsford - early SD Sqn history
    • Tempsford SD Squadrons (138 & 161)
    • RAF 148 (Special Duties) Sqn FB group
    • Operation Gunnerside
    • Three special books
    • SAS history
    • RAF Escaping Society
    • Escape Lines Memorial Society (ELMS)
    • OSS history (CIA web site)
    • OSS history
    • OSS 75th anniversary
    • OSS OGs (Operational Groups)
    • OSS Station Victor (in Hurley)
    • Americans at Bletchley Park
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    Brighton's Secret Agents: Final plaque unveiled
    • Jul 9, 2019

    Brighton's Secret Agents: Final plaque unveiled

    "What a fantastic day we had on Saturday! Thank you so much for all your endeavours in bringing this about. I know it has been quite a...
    Cranleigh's 'School for Secret Agents' - no longer so secret
    • Jun 23, 2019

    Cranleigh's 'School for Secret Agents' - no longer so secret

    A commendable audience of 82 turned out for our day of talks and film at Cranleigh Arts Centre. Trustee Paul McCue started the morning...
    OSS Station Victor: Revealed and remembered
    • Jun 5, 2019

    OSS Station Victor: Revealed and remembered

    Two days before the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the charity took part in a hugely-successful event at Hurley in Berkshire when a...
    Last Post for Captain Arthur Steele of French Section, SOE
    • Jun 3, 2019

    Last Post for Captain Arthur Steele of French Section, SOE

    Our Charity's supporter Carole Yeats travelled from Southampton to Brookwood Military Cemetery on Sunday 2nd June for the monthly Last...
    Valençay 2019: A royal event plus a grand tour
    • May 10, 2019

    Valençay 2019: A royal event plus a grand tour

    Several Friends and supporters regularly attend the annual F Section Memorial event at Valençay in central France which commemorates the...
    From Atlantic Wall to 'Skyfall'
    • Apr 7, 2019

    From Atlantic Wall to 'Skyfall'

    A group of 17 gathered recently at Hankley Common Training Area (Elstead, Surrey) a military establishment, but open to the public, and...
    Charity well represented at launch of Virginia Hall biography
    • Apr 2, 2019

    Charity well represented at launch of Virginia Hall biography

    The prestigious book launch of Sonia Purnell's biography of Virginia Hall - A Woman Of No Importance - was held at Hatchards bookshop in...
    Spy Spotting & The Shetland Bus at Le Gothique
    • Mar 31, 2019

    Spy Spotting & The Shetland Bus at Le Gothique

    The Secret WW2 Learning Network recently held one its now regular events in the Royal Patriotic Building - formerly the Royal Victoria...
    Rare opportunity to visit Tangmere Cottage
    • Mar 24, 2019

    Rare opportunity to visit Tangmere Cottage

    Three Friends of the Charity (Ian Titman, Ray Windmill and Paul McCue) were recently fortunate to be granted a viewing of the inside of...
    Bob Frost, founder member of the RAF Escaping Society, has died
    • Mar 23, 2019

    Bob Frost, founder member of the RAF Escaping Society, has died

    Tribute to the Comète line evader Bob Frost by Geoff Cowling - former Chairman of the Escape Lines Memorial Society (ELMS) RAF veteran...
    In memory of David Weston
    • Mar 22, 2019

    In memory of David Weston

    Martyn Cox - Co-founder of The Secret WW2 Learning Network - remembers a friend and dedicated supporter I can guarantee that almost...
    The Princess Royal to attend this May's SOE memorial ceremony at Valençay
    • Mar 19, 2019

    The Princess Royal to attend this May's SOE memorial ceremony at Valençay

    Our Paris-based partner organisation, Libre Résistance, has confirmed the details of this year's ceremony at the SOE French Section...
    Inaugural Annual Lunch of The Friends of The Secret WW2 Learning Network
    • Jan 29, 2019

    Inaugural Annual Lunch of The Friends of The Secret WW2 Learning Network

    Friday 25th January 2019 was an historic day for the charity in that it saw the Inaugural Annual Lunch of the Friends of The Secret WW2...
    Remembering Paddy Ashdown
    • Dec 23, 2018

    Remembering Paddy Ashdown

    We were greatly saddened to learn of the death at 77 of Lord Ashdown of Norton-Sub-Hamdon; and, on a day of tributes from so many big...
    Official unveiling in Brighton of our blue plaque in memory of Michael Trotobas
    • Nov 27, 2018

    Official unveiling in Brighton of our blue plaque in memory of Michael Trotobas

    Today was the 75th anniversary of the death of the SOE French Section agent Michael Trotobas, who was killed on November 27th 1943 in...
    Gold for one of our Trustees
    • Nov 18, 2018

    Gold for one of our Trustees

    In his final duty before retiring this month as Armed Forces Advisor to the London Borough of Wandsworth, our Trustee Paul McCue was...
    SOE's Lt Roland Dowlen remembered
    • Nov 5, 2018

    SOE's Lt Roland Dowlen remembered

    In October we were pleased to be approached by one of our partner organisations, the Brookwood Last Post Association, to contribute to...
    Tributes paid to SOE and French resistance at Fort Mont-Valérien
    • Oct 8, 2018

    Tributes paid to SOE and French resistance at Fort Mont-Valérien

    Several members and supporters of Secret WW2 were recently invited to be among some 200 attendees (from France, Britain and the USA) at a...
    Secret WW2 puts SOE on the map for the UK’s Heritage Weekend
    • Sep 18, 2018

    Secret WW2 puts SOE on the map for the UK’s Heritage Weekend

    Following the success earlier this year of our partnership with the Great Barn organisation at Wanborough Manor (formerly SOE's...
    SOE agents of many nationalities remembered during 'a splendid day of events' at Brookwood M
    • Sep 3, 2018

    SOE agents of many nationalities remembered during 'a splendid day of events' at Brookwood M

    Brookwood Military Ceremonyis the location of the most officially-recorded SOE casualties. It’s not easy to spot them all, but the...
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    The Secret WW2 Learning Network (aka 'Secret WW2')
    is an educational charity registered in the UK  - a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
    No. 1156796
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