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 THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES ROLL OF  HONOUR

Special Operations Executive

Surnames A to B

We are intending to list all Allied Special Forces casualties from the 2nd. World War and in the conflicts since. If you wish to add to this detail please contact us! Certain information may be under review and this is noted under the name. This list is not complete and some inaccuracies may occur whilst we are receiving information from many sources.


AGAZARIAN Flight Lieutenant Jack Charles Stanmore 71106 29th. March 1945 Age -
Royal Air Force attd. Special Operations Executive
UNITED KINGDOM - RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL - Surrey - Panel 265
ALEXANDRE Lieutenant Roland Eugene Jean 306148 19th. May 1944 Age 22
General List attd. Special Operations Executive
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ALLARD Lieutenant Elisee 313354 9-10th. September 1944 Age 28
General List attd. Special Operations Executive
Served as Charles Montaigne
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AMPHLETT Lieutenant Phillip John 270979 29th. March 1945 Age 23
General List attd. Special Operations Executive
Mentioned in Despatches
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AMPS Lieutenant James Frederick 241288 29th. March 1945 Age 38
Royal Artillery attd. Special Operations Executive
Husband of Odette Amps
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ANTELME Major Joseph Antoine France 239255 19th. May 1944 -
General List attd. Special Operations Executive
Croix de Guerre avec Palme & Legion D'Honneur - Order of the British Empire
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ATHERTON Major Arthur Terence 234206 15th. July 1942 Age 39
General List attd. Special Operations Executive
SOE Mission Hydra - Yugoslavia
ATHENS MEMORIAL - Greece Face 10
BAIRD Private Alexander 2982021 7th. October 1943 Age 23
2nd. Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders - Special Operations Executive
Seconded to Special Training School 101 - Died as POW in Singapore
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery - Thailand 8.13.15
BARRETT Denis John Roland Eugene Jean 71108 5th. October 1944 Age -
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve attd. Special Operations Executive
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BEAUREGARD Lieutenant Alcide - 20th. August 1944 Age -
Canadian Army, General List attd. Special Operations Executive
Lackey Circuit - Executed Montluc
FRANCE - BAYEUX MEMORIAL - Panel 27 Col 3
BEC 2nd. Lieutenant Francisque Eugene 322014 16th. June 1944 Age 38
General List attd. Special Operations Executive
Codename Hughes - Circuit Headmaster - Killed in Action
FRANCE - LE MANS WEST CEMETERY - 21. 2. 50
BENOIST Captain Robert Marcel Charles 301112 9th. September 1944 Age 49
General List attd. Special Operations Executive
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BENSON
(BECKER)
Private Frederick
(Fritz)
13053511 29th. October 1944 Age 22
Intelligence Corps. attd. Special Operations Executive
A German Jewish Refugee - Killed as SOE agent.
Source AJEX
Groesbeek Memorial - Netherlands - Panel 10
BERDICHEV

(WILLIS)
Aircraftman 2nd Class
(Lieutenant)
Aba (Robert) 769448 15th. January 1945 Age -
Royal Air Force attd. Special Operations Executive
Codename - Anticlimax. Aba Berdichev, a Palestinian Jew.
Took part in Operation Amsterdam/Windproof in Slovakia in 1944.
He was captured on or around the 25th. December 1944 whilst trying
to buy food dressed in British uniform.
Executed at Mauthausen - Source AJEX
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL - Surrey - UK - Panel 277
BERLINER
(O'HARA)
Lieutenant Frederick 322875 April 1945 Age 22
Special Operations Executive - General List
An Austrian Jewish Refugee who was killed on an SOE mission to Austria as Frederick Michael O'Hara. He was born in 1923 and at well over six foot tall was caught by the SS at Maribor in April 1945. His other alias were Flying Officer F.M. Chigwell, Frederico Hofer and Fredrich Knoll.

(Source the Vera Atkins Archive - Imperial War Museum)
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BERTHEAU Lieutenant Louis Eugene Desire 329598 7th.-15th. May 1945 Age 25
General List attd. Special Operations Executive
Medaille de la Resistance Francaise
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BIELER Major Gustave Daniel Alfred - 5th. September 1944 Age -
Le Regiment de Maisonneuve R.C.I.C attd. Special Operations Executive
Distinguised Service Order - Member of the British Empire
NETHERLANDS - GROESBEEK MEMORIAL - Panel 11
BISSET Captain Edward George Alfred 191597 24th. September 1944 Age 28
General List - Special Operations Executive
SOE Arms Instructor - Accidentally killed in France
Croix de Guerre
VICHY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, ALLIER, FRANCE - North West of Entrance
BLACKMORE Serjeant Leslie 2581311 9th. June 1943 Age -
Royal Corps. of Signals attd. Special Operations Executive
W/T Operator - Mission Roughshod
YUGOSLAVIA - BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY - Joint Grave 2.D.1-2
BLOCH Lieutenant Andre 184314 11th. February 1942 Age 27
General List attd. Special Operations Executive
Served as Alan George Boyd
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BLOCH Ensign Denise F/27 25th. January - 5th. February 1945 Age 29
Womens Transport Service (F.A.N.Y) attd. Special Operations Executive
Legion d'Honneur & Croix de Guerre avec Palme.
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BLOOM Lieutenant Marcus 236314 6th. September 1944 Age 37
General List attd. Special Operations Executive
Mentioned in Despatches
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BOELSKOV 2nd. Lieutenant Erik 291081 25th. August 1943 Age 22
General List - Special Operations Executive
SOE SD (Danish) Section - Killed by Explosion - Copenhagen
KOGE CEMETERY - DENMARK - Only War Grave
BORREL Lieutenant Andree Raymonde F/3 6th. July 1944 Age -
Womens Transport Service (F.A.N.Y) attd. Special Operations Executive
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BOUGUENNEC Lieutenant Jean 257217 9th. September 1944 Age 32
General List attd. Special Operations Executive
Member of the British Empire - Served as Francis Garel
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BRERETON- MARTIN Major William Percy Somerset EC/5380 25th. January 1945 Age 40
Special Operations Executive attached to Force 136
SOE - Operation Carpenter - Malaya - Killed in Action
SINGAPORE MEMORIAL Column 153
BROSSOLETTE Captain Pierre - 22nd. March 1943 Age 40
Free French Special Operations Executive
Arrested September 1943 - Jumped from 5th. floor of Fresnes Prison France (Suicide)
Joined SOE from French Resistance
Source - Wikipedia
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BURGUIERE - Andre - - Age -
Special Operations Executive
French SOE Agent - Died in Swimming Accident behind enemy lines
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BRITTON
(British)
Captain David John Charles 190815 3rd. June 1945 Age 32
Royal Artillery - Jedburgh Team Nation Reindeer
Special Operations Executive - Military Cross - Killed in Action in Burma
RANGOON WAR CEMETERY - Myanmar 1.H.19
BRUHN Captain Carl Johan 185078 27th. December 1941 Age 27
Royal East Kent Regiment - Special Operations Executive
SOE SD (Danish) Section - Parachute failed during drop into Denmark
COPENHAGEN (Solbjerg) CHURCHYARD, DENMARK - PLOT 3E gRAVE 184
BUCHDAHL - Werner - - Age -
Intelligence Corps. attd. Special Operations Executive
A German Jewish Refugee - Killed as SOE agent.
Source AJEX
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BURGESS Captain Howard Benjamin 185078 3rd. June 1942 Age 26
Intelligence Corps. - Special Operations Executive
SOE Instructor - Died of Natural Causes
OSHAWA UNION CEMETERY - ONTARIO, CANADA - Lot19 Ragne 9
BURGESS Miss Olive Civilian 15th. October 1945 Age -
Civilian Secretary - Special Operations Executive
SOE Force 136 - Killed in Aricraft Crash - Trincomalee
COLOMBO (Liveramentu) CEMETERY - SRI LANKA - Plot 3 Row D Grave 5
BURTON Corporal Henry Ronald 1984111 4th. December 1941 Age 40
Royal Engineers - Special Operations Executive
SOE Special Training School 101 - Killed or Died as POW
KRANJI WAR CEMETERY, SINGAPORE - 35.G.8
BUTTON Serjeant Harold Victor 7948572 12th. October 1944 Age 21
2nd. Royal Tank Regiment RAC attd. Special Operations Executive
Force 399
ALBANIA - TIRANA PARK MEMORIAL CEMETERY - Drowned 12th. October 1944
BYCK Section Officer Murial Tamara 9111 23rd. May 1944 Age 25
Womens Aux. Air Force attd. Special Operations Executive
FRANCE - PORNIC WAR CEMETERY - Loire-Atlantique - 2. AB. 18
BYERLY Lieutenant Robert Bennett - 8th. May 1945 Age -
Royal Canadian Corps. Signals attd. Special Operations Executive
Codename Contrand - Circuit Surveyor. Executed at Gross Rosen.
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