Plaque

Leopold Marks

Erection date: 4/10/2022

Inscription

Jewish cryptographer, Leopold (Leo) Samuel Marks, MBE, lived in flat 410 Park West, when Chief of Codes at Special Operations Executive (SOE) in WW2. He was a key trainer of secret agents sent to defeat the Nazis.

Set a watch before my mouth Lord: and over the door of my lips. (Psalms 141:3)

(The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, UK branch, and AJEX UK)

Site: Leopold Marks and Richard Tauber (2 memorials)

W2, Kendal Street, Park West

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Special Operations Executive (SOE)

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Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation

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Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women

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