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
Commemorated ati
Violette Szabo home
Violette Szabo, GC, 1921 - 1945, secret agent, lived here. She gave her life ...
Other Subjects
F. C. H. Ellis
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Alfred Wilcox, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 12 September 1918, age 33, while serving in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. "When his company was held up, on his own initiative he rushed ahea...
Laurence Corner Army Surplus
Closed when the owner, Victor Jamilly, died January 2007, aged 79. The staff moved on and opened Squadron HQ in 121 Kentish Town Road. Some sources give the opening date as 1947, but possibly tha...
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