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    "Spies On The Common" - another sold-out event for Secret WW2

    May 31, 2018

    On the very wet evening of Tuesday May 29th, Trustee Paul McCue presented ‘Spies On The Common’ at Battersea Library, London SW11 as pa...

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    Valençay memorial ceremony: video

    May 22, 2018

    This short video of the recent ceremony at the SOE French Section memorial includes excerpts from the traditional reading out of the na...

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    Secret WW2's co-founder is Chichester's new Mayor

    May 18, 2018

    Martyn Bell -  the co-founder of The Secret WW2 Learning Network - has just become the city's Mayor, and his wife Toom is the Mayoress.

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    Valençay 2018: photo galleries

    May 7, 2018

    These extra galleries feature a selection of moments captured during the annual Valençay events on May 5th and 6th. Some of the photos...

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    Special mission in France for 'student' secret agent Debbey

    May 7, 2018

    Two days before BBC Two broadcast its last episode of SECRET AGENT SELECTION: WW2, one of its 'student' SOE agents was able to...

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    The RAF's secret WW2: Valençay, 5th May

    May 7, 2018

    The Secret WW2 Learning Network has yet again contributed to the annual events in Valençay, including the memorial ceremony organised b...

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    RAF 'special duties' Halifax aircrew remembered at La Ferté-Saint-Cyr

    May 7, 2018

    On their way to the annual ceremony at the SOE French Section memorial in Valençay, SECRET WW2 trustee Paul McCue and Nick Fox of Libre...

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    Moonlight for Monsieur le Maire

    May 7, 2018

    In a quieter moment after the Valençay memorial ceremony on Sunday 6th May, two RAF members of the Joint Forces Intelligence Group (JFI...

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    Valençay 2018: Annual ceremony at the SOE French Section memorial

    May 7, 2018

    The annual memorial ceremony at the SOE French Section memorial takes place every May 6th, and commences at 11am with official attendee...

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    Recent Posts

    Legion d'Honneur for MI6 veteran

    November 16, 2019

    Free French remembered at Brookwood Military Cemetery

    November 11, 2019

    SOE tribute at Hampshire war memorial

    November 10, 2019

    Remembering SOE's Jewish parachutists and former Palestine training school sites

    November 9, 2019

    Group visit to the Military Intelligence Museum and the Shuttleworth 'Special Duties' Lysander

    October 19, 2019

    Women Behind Enemy Lines: literary lunch with Sonia Purnell & Sarah Helm

    September 30, 2019

    Légion d'Honneur awarded to SOE's James Edgar

    September 29, 2019

    D-Day roles of agents trained in Surrey

    September 21, 2019

    The WW2 Polish contribution behind the lines in France

    September 15, 2019

    Commemorative ceremony for Jewish SOE personnel

    September 6, 2019

    Annual celebration of the life of Violette Szabo GC

    July 20, 2019

    Brighton's Secret Agents: Final plaque unveiled

    July 9, 2019

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

    June 23, 2019

    OSS Station Victor: Revealed and remembered

    June 5, 2019

    Last Post for Captain Arthur Steele of French Section, SOE

    June 3, 2019

    Valençay 2019: A royal event plus a grand tour

    May 10, 2019

    From Atlantic Wall to 'Skyfall'

    April 7, 2019

    Charity well represented at launch of Virginia Hall biography

    April 2, 2019

    Spy Spotting & The Shetland Bus at Le Gothique

    March 31, 2019

    Rare opportunity to visit Tangmere Cottage

    March 24, 2019

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

    March 23, 2019

    In memory of David Weston

    March 22, 2019

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

    March 19, 2019

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

    January 29, 2019

    Remembering Paddy Ashdown

    December 23, 2018

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

    November 27, 2018

    Gold for one of our Trustees

    November 18, 2018

    SOE's Lt Roland Dowlen remembered

    November 5, 2018

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

    October 8, 2018

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

    September 18, 2018

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