French resistance fighters in WW2. 470 SOE agents were sent on sabotage missions to occupied France where they fought with networks of French resistance fighters who played an important part in the liberation of France in 1944. The 'Maquis' refers mainly to the rural guerrilla bands.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
French Resistance / The Maquis
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Violette Szabo home
Violette Szabo, GC, 1921 - 1945, secret agent, lived here. She gave her life ...
Other Subjects
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. J. Knowles
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Frederick Johnson, VC
Soldier. Born Frederick Henry Johnson in Streatham. In an attack on Hill 70 in the Battle of Loos on 25th September, 1915, he was with a section of his company of the Royal Engineers. Although woun...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, DCL, FRS
Naval officer and arctic explorer. Born Bath. The Canadian Encyclopedia says "He contributed much to the eventual discovery of the Northwest Passage and the North Pole." Lieut-Governor of Greenw...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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Leila Campbell
Born as Leila Jaffe on 10 August 1911 her birth was registered in Birkenhead, Cheshire. She was the elder daughter of Myers Jaffe (1883-1961) and Rebecca Jaffe née Neiman (1879-1965) and when the 1...
1 memorial
Richard Francis Burton
Explorer. Born Devon. He and his wife Isabel, have a very unusual tomb at St Mary Magdalen, Worple Road, Mortlake.
1 memorial
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