Wing Commander, GC, secret agent in WW2, codename "The White Rabbit". Born 45 Balcombe Street. Brought up in France. Served in WW1. Served in WW2 initially in the RAF but then in February 1942 he joined Special Operations Executive and became the White Rabbit. He served in France but was captured and interrogated by the Gestapo. He was imprisoned in a number of camps, including Buchenwald, and repeatedly attempted escape. He helped others escape and finally succeeded himself. Awarded the George Cross. Died at home in Paris. His wartime exploits formed the basis of a best-selling memoir, The White Rabbit (1952), by Bruce Marshall.
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F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas
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Yeo-Thomas
Yeo-Thomas lived here with his common-law wife, Barbara, from 1941 until abou...
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Fredk. W. Osborne
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Operation Torch
The allied campaign in WW2 for the liberation of North Africa
1 memorial
H. E. Robson
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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Norman Charles Achille Negretti
From the oundle-heritage.daisy.websds.net website we learn that Norman Charles Achille Negretti was the third and youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. J. Negretti of Frognal, Hampstead, where he was ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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