The Secret WW2 Learning Network is an educational charity registered in the UK  - a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)         No. 1156796
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    • Operation Corona
    • Engagement Ring
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    • Captain Paul Raymond Elie Tessier
    • Commander Kenneth Cohen
    • Flight Sergeant Arthur Stokes DFM
    • Irena Piwarska - by Magda Thomas
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    • SOE history
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    • 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
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    • OSS Station Victor (in Hurley)
    • Americans at Bletchley Park
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    Jewish Commandos’ Names Added to Brookwood Military Cemetery Memorial
    • May 28, 2017

    Jewish Commandos’ Names Added to Brookwood Military Cemetery Memorial

    1939-45 Memorial to the Missing: Commemoration of 23 new names "Paul McCue, a trustee of The Secret WW2 Learning Network, organised the...
    Sixth form students learn about the WW2 secret agent later to be called "France's James Bon
    • May 17, 2017

    Sixth form students learn about the WW2 secret agent later to be called "France's James Bon

    For the fourth consecutive year Dr Chris Warne - Director of Sussex University's Resistance Studies Network - and Secret WW2's co-founder...
    Annual commemoration at the SOE French Section memorial in Valençay
    • May 6, 2017

    Annual commemoration at the SOE French Section memorial in Valençay

    This significant ceremony at the Valençay memorial is held every year on May 6th from 11am, and arranged by Libre Résistance, the...
    Tribute to Andrée Borrell & Lise de Baissac: SOE F Section's first women agents to parachute
    • May 5, 2017

    Tribute to Andrée Borrell & Lise de Baissac: SOE F Section's first women agents to parachute

    On May 5th a large gathering assembled in Le Bois du Paradis, between the small French communities of Crouy-sur-Cosson and...
    Commemorating five SOE agents in Romorantin-Lanthenay / film screening & dinner in Valençay
    • May 5, 2017

    Commemorating five SOE agents in Romorantin-Lanthenay / film screening & dinner in Valençay

    The traditional prelude to each year's Valençay events on May 6th is a more modest ceremony the previous evening at the Monument aux...
    Remembering the SOE wireless operator Capt Edward Zeff MBE, CdeG
    • Mar 30, 2017

    Remembering the SOE wireless operator Capt Edward Zeff MBE, CdeG

    The first of four commemorative blue plaques in memory of 'Brighton's Secret Agents' is in place. The unveiling ceremony took place on...
    "Game of Spies" at the Brighton's Royal Pavilion
    • Nov 17, 2016

    "Game of Spies" at the Brighton's Royal Pavilion

    This special evening marked the close of the week-long programme of Brighton's Secret Agents events, and for this one the Royal Pavilion...
    Brighton's Secret Agents: at Carlton Hill Primary School
    • Nov 17, 2016

    Brighton's Secret Agents: at Carlton Hill Primary School

    IN MEMORY OF SOE's CAPT RONALD TAYLOR The SOE operative Captain Ronald Taylor, who served behind enemy lines in occupied Italy, was born...
    Brighton's Secret Agents: BBC television coverage
    • Nov 15, 2016

    Brighton's Secret Agents: BBC television coverage

    During the morning of Tuesday 15th November Clare Mulley, Elizabeth Buchan, Mark Seaman and Martyn Cox had been filming at various...
    SECRET WW2: Myths, facts & fiction - judged at The Old Courtroom
    • Nov 15, 2016

    SECRET WW2: Myths, facts & fiction - judged at The Old Courtroom

    A talk by Peter Hore on his book LINDELL'S LIST was followed by Mark Seaman's A TIME TO PUT THINGS STRAIGHT: Examining some of the myths...
    Lecture by Mark Seaman
    • Nov 14, 2016

    Lecture by Mark Seaman

    The eminent intelligence historian and SOE specialist Mark Seaman was kind enough to spend two days in Brighton especially for the...
    The eagle landed for Carve Their Names With Pride ...
    • Nov 12, 2016

    The eagle landed for Carve Their Names With Pride ...

    (With apologies for mangling the titles of two classic WW2 films!) The Chairman and Trustees of The Secret WW2 Learning Network hadn't...
    Brighton's Secret Agents: The 'grand reveal' of the four blue plaques
    • Nov 12, 2016

    Brighton's Secret Agents: The 'grand reveal' of the four blue plaques

    On Saturday 12th November 2016 at Brighton Dome Corn Exchange The Secret WW2 Learning Network and its partners hosted the official ‘grand...
    Brighton's Secret Agents: the first copies of Paul McCue's book were sold and signed at The
    • Nov 11, 2016

    Brighton's Secret Agents: the first copies of Paul McCue's book were sold and signed at The

    Final countdown to "Brighton's secret agents" - starting at The Keep in Falmer on Frid
    • Nov 7, 2016

    Final countdown to "Brighton's secret agents" - starting at The Keep in Falmer on Frid

    Earlier in 2016 The Secret WW2 Learning Network had announced its inititaive for four commemorative blue plaques to recognise the wartime...
    Visit to Brookwood Military Cemetery and Wanborough Manor, Surrey
    • Sep 11, 2016

    Visit to Brookwood Military Cemetery and Wanborough Manor, Surrey

    An enthusiastic party of ten assembled on a Sunday morning at the White Hart pub on the green at Pirbright, Surrey, the sound of live...
    Another farewell: Elizabeth Lucas Harrison MBE
    • Jul 22, 2016

    Another farewell: Elizabeth Lucas Harrison MBE

    "Elizabeth Harrison, who has died aged 93, escaped from Germany as Hitler rose to power, fled Belgium and worked for the French...
    Here come the judge! ... for Sussex school's history competition
    • Jul 19, 2016

    Here come the judge! ... for Sussex school's history competition

    Oriel High School's Subject Leader for History and Government & Politics is the dynamic and innovative Milan Jayasuriya, a University of...
    Final farewell to Wing Cdr Leonard Ratcliff, DSO, DFC and bar, AFC,
Légion d’Honneur, Croix de Guerr
    • Jul 4, 2016

    Final farewell to Wing Cdr Leonard Ratcliff, DSO, DFC and bar, AFC, Légion d’Honneur, Croix de Guerr

    More than four hundred family members, friends and local residents gathered In Saffron Walden on July 4th to pay tribute to Len Ratcliff...
    Légion d'Honneur for veterans of RAF No. 624 (Special Duties) Squadron
    • Jun 24, 2016

    Légion d'Honneur for veterans of RAF No. 624 (Special Duties) Squadron

    Several members of 624 (SD) Sqn have already received their L.d'H medals, but it was an honour and great pleasure for us to arrange for...
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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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