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SOE F Section Codenames & Aliases facts for kids
During World War II, a secret British organization called the Special Operations Executive (SOE) helped the Allies. Its job was to carry out secret missions in countries taken over by enemy forces. The F Section of the SOE worked specifically in France.
To keep their true identities hidden and stay safe from the enemy, agents used special codenames or aliases. These were like secret nicknames. This list shows some of the codenames used by these brave agents and their real names.
A
- Achille - Roland Dowlen
- ACROBAT - John Starr
- ACTOR - Roger Landes
- Adele - Lisé de Baissac
- ADMINISTRATOR - John Allsop
- Agrippa - Nicholas Allington
- Alain - Georges Duboudin
- Alaric - Benjamin Aptaker
- Alcide - William Savy
- Alec - Adolphe Rabinovitch
- Alfred - Raymond Aubin
- Alice - Cecily Lefort
- ALMOND - Henry Newton
- ALMONER - Vera Leigh
- Alonce - John Allsop
- Alvar - René Bichelot
- Ambroise - Denise Bloch
- Annette - Yvonne Cormeau
- ANTAGONIST - Fred Agee
- Antoine - Philippe de Vomécourt
- Antonin - Fred Agee
- APOTHECARY - Jean-Paul Archambault
- Archambaud - Gilbert Norman
- ARCHDEACON - Frank Pickersgill
- Aristide - Roger Landes
- Arnaud - Adolphe Rabinovitch
- ARTIST - Lisé de Baissac
- Artus - Alfred Newton
- Astre - Roland Alexandre
- AUDITOR - Raymond Aubin
- Auguste - Henry Newton
- AUTHOR - Harry Peulevé
- AUTOGIRO - Pierre de Vomécourt
- AVENGER - Nicholas Allington
B
- Bachelier, Raymond - René Bichelot
- BAGPIPER - René Bichelot
- Baker, Nora - Noor Inayat Khan
- BANDIT - Robert George Bruhl
- BARBER - Marcel Rousset
- Barberousse - Albert Benstead
- BARGEE - Adolphe Rabinovitch
- Barnabé - Robert George Bruhl
- BARNSTORMER - Joe Benoit
- Basil - Peter Lake
- Bastien - Marcel Clech
- Bavelan, Aline - Alix D'Unienville
- BEADLE - Ralph Beauclerk
- Beauvalais, René Charles - Ralph Beauclerk
- BEGGAR - Maurice Basset
- BENEFACTRESS - Muriel Byck
- BERBERIO - Blanche Charlet
- Bernard, André Jean - André Bloch
- Bernier, Jeanne - Yvonne Baseden
- Bertrand - Frank Pickersgill
- Billet - Wilhelm Holst
- BILLSTICKER - Raphaël Beugnon
- BIOLOGIST - Robert Byerly
- BISHOP - Marcus Bloom
- Blanche - Sonya Butt
- BLOUSE - Lilian Rolfe
- Bob - John Starr
- BOMBPROOF - Georges Bégué
- BORER - Eugène Bec
- Boris - Joe Benoit
- Bourdet, René Maurice - Robert Boiteux
- Bouville, Jeannette - Lisé de Baissac
- Boyd, Alan George - André Bloch
- Brémontier, Roger - Robert Benoist
- BRICKLAYER - France Antelme
- Brisse, Irène - Lisé de Baissac
- BUCANNEER - Albert Benstead
- BURGLAR - Alcide Beauregard
- BURSAR - Yvonne Baseden
- BUTCHER - Gilbert Norman
- BUTLER - Jean Bouguennec
C
- Cardinal - FWM Reeve
- CAMELIA - Victor Hazan
- Camille - Virginia Hall
- CAMISOLE - Ralph Beauclerk
- Carlier, Lucienne Suzanne - Nancy Wake
- Casimir - Ralph Beauclerk
- CATALPHA - Adolphe Rabinovitch
- Célestin - Brian Stonehouse
- Chambrun, Pierre - Peter Churchill
- CHANCELLOR - George Millar
- CHAPLAIN - Diana Rowden
- Charles - Christopher Burney
- Chauvet, Pierre Marc - Peter Churchill
- Chauvigny, Yvonne Marie Yolande - Yolande Beekman
- CHEMIST - James Amps
- Chevalier, Henri - Harry Peulevé
- Chevalier, Jacques - Jack Agazarian
- Chico - Jean-Paul Archambault
- Christiane - Blanche Charlet
- Claire - Julienne Aisner
- Claudine - Mary Katherine Herbert
- Clement - Philippe Liewer
- CLOAK - Roger Landes
- Clothaire - Bob Maloubier
- CLOTHIER - Odette Sansom
- Colette - Anne-Marie Walters
- COMPOSITOR - Julienne Aisner
- de Courcelles, Philippe Robert - Philippe de Vomécourt
- CRINOLINE - Denise Bloch
- Cyrano - Alcide Beauregard
D
- DANCER - Madeleine Damerment
- David - Claude de Baissac
- Davoust, Alice Thérèse - Anne-Marie Walters
- DEACON - Henri Gaillot
- DEAN - Eliane Plewman
- DECORATOR - Guy d'Artois
- Denis - Claude de Baissac
- Denise - Andrée Borrel
- DESIGNER - Jacqueline Nearne
- Desjardin, Guy Robert - Roméo Sabourin
- Desjardins, Françoise - Jacqueline Nearne
- Desprée, François - Francis Suttill
- DETECTIVE - Henri Sevenet
- Diane - Virginia Hall
- DICKY - Alcide Beauregard
- Didi - Eileen Nearne
- Dieudonné - Guy d'Artois
- Dieudonné - Gabriel Chartrand
- Dodkin, Kenneth - Forest Yeo-Thomas
- DONKEYMAN - Henri Frager
- Doucet, Roger François Marcel - Marcel Rousset
- DRAFTSMAN - André Bloch
- DRIVER - Georges Clément
- Dumontet, Joseph Marie Fernand - France Antelme
- Dussautoy, Martine - Madeleine Damerment
- Dusseret, Artus - Alfred Newton
- Dusseret, Hubert - Henry Newton
- Duterte, Jacqueline - Eileen Nearne
E
- Élisabeth - Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester
- Edmond - Harry Peulevé
- Édouard - Georges Clément
- Émile - George Millar
- Émile - John Starr
- Eugene - Maurice Pertschuk
F
- Fabre, Francine - Francine Agazarian
- FAIRY - Yvonne Cormeau
- Firmin - Robert Boiteux
G
- Gaby - Eliane Plewman
- GARDENER - Robert Boiteux
- Garel, Francis - Jean Bouguennec
- Gaston - Noël Burdeyron
- Gauthier - Philippe de Vomécourt
- Gautier, Jacqueline - Yvonne Rudellat
- Genevieve - Phyllis Latour
- George I - Georges Bégué
- Georges IX - André Bloch
- George 53 - Edward Zeff
- George 60 - Marcel Cleff
- Gérard - Adolphe Rabinovitch
- Gervais - Victor Hazan
- Gilbert - Henri Déricourt
- GLAZIER - Jack Agazarian
- Gontrand - Robert Byerly
- GOWN - Muriel Byck
- GREENHEART - Alfred Newton
- GUARDIAN - Jean-Claude Guiet
- Guy - Gustave Biéler
H
- HAIRDRESSER - Claude Arnault
- Hamlet - Philippe Liewer
- Hector - Maurice Southgate
- Hélène - Nancy Wake
- Henrique - Élisée Allard
- Hérault, René-Maurice - Bob Maloubier
- Hervé - Pierre Agapov
- Hilaire - Harry Peulevé
- Hilaire - George Starr
- Honoré - John Barrett
- Hugo - Raphaël Beugnon
- Hugues - Eugène Bec
I
- Ignace - Henri Gaillot
- INNKEEPER - John Barrett
- Isabelle - Madeleine Latour
J
- JAPONICA - Brian Stonehouse
- Jacqueline - Jacqueline Nearne
- Jean - Ernest Paul Bernard
- Jean - Harry Peulevé
- Jean-Marie - Henri Frager
- Jean-Pierre - Peter Lake
- JEWELLER - Mary Katherine Herbert
- JOCKEY - Francis Cammaerts
- José - Georges André
- Josette - Patricia O'Sullivan
- Jules - Ange Defendini
- Julien - Isidore Newman
K
- KENNELMAID - Marguerite Knight
- KILT - Yolande Beekman
L
- La Grande - Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester
- LAMPLIGHTER - Francine Agazarian
- La P'tite Anglaise - Violette Szabo
- Latour, Marianne - Madeleine Latour
- Laurent - Arthur Steele
- Leblanc, Maurice - Maurice Southgate
- Lebouton, Guy - Adolphe Rabinovitch
- Léger, Maurice Alfred - Gustave Biéler
- Léonard - Roméo Sabourin
- Léopold - Marcel Rousset
- Leroy, Corinne Reine - Violette Szabo
- LIBRARIAN - Benjamin Aptaker
- LIFTMAN - Peter Lake
- Lionel - Robert Benoist
- Lise - Odette Sansom
- de Lormes, Jacques André - François Vallée
- Louise - Violette Szabo
- Lucas - Pierre de Vomécourt
- Ludovic - Maurice Basset
M
- MACKINTOSH - Harry Peulevé
- Madamoiselle du Tort - Eileen Nearne
- Madeleine - Noor Inayat Khan
- Malvalle, Robert - Bob Maloubier
- Marc, Georges Marie - George William Abbott
- Marcel - Jack Agazarian
- Marguerite - Francine Agazarian
- Marguerite - Lisé de Baissac
- Marie - Virginia Hall
- Marie - Pearl Witherington
- Marie of Lyons - Virginia Hall
- Marie-France - Alix D'Unienville
- Marie-Louise - Mary Katherine Herbert
- Mariette - Yolande Beekman
- Marius - Henri Borosh
- Martial - Georges Audouard
- Martin, Gaston René - Georges Bégué
- MASON - Jean-Marie Régnier
- Mathieu - Edward Zeff
- Mathieu - Henri Sevenet
- Maulnier, Jean Charles - John Macalister
- Maurice - France Antelme
- Max - Jean Bouguennec
- McKenzie, John - Roméo Sabourin
- Mercier, Georges Robert - Georges Bégué
- MESMERIST - Gabriel Chartrand
- Meunier, Charles - John Barrett
- Michel - Peter Churchill
- Michéle - Muriel Byck
- MILKMAID - Anne-Marie Walters
- Millet, Jean - William Savy
- MILLIONAIRE - Élisée Allard
- Mimi - Yvonne Fontaine
- Mollier, Robert - Bob Maloubier
- Monique - Andrée Borrel
- Montaigne, Charles - Élisée Allard
- Morin, Guy - Gustave Biéler
- MULBERRY - George William Abbott
- MUSICIAN - Gustave Biéler
- Myrtil - Alix D'Unienville
N
- Nadine - Lilian Rolfe
- Néron - Claude Arnault
- Nestor - Jacques, René Édouard, Poirier
- Nicolas - Robert Boiteux
- Nicole - Marguerite Knight
- Normand, Alfred - Alfred Newton
- Norville, Josette - Jacqueline Nearne
- NOTARY - Georges Audouard
- NURSE - Noor Inayat Khan
O
- OATS - Wilhelm Holst
- Odette - Yvonne Baseden
- Odile - Lisé de Baissac
- Olive - Francis Basin
- Oscar - François Vallée
- OVERCOAT - Adolphe Rabinovitch
P
- Paco - Bob Maloubier
- PALMIST - Yolande Beekman
- PARSON - François Vallée
- Paul - George William Abbott
- Paulette - Diana Rowden
- Pauline - Christine Granville
- Pauline - Pearl Witherington
- Pélican - Louis Bertheau
- Perdrigé, Daniel - Robert Benoist
- Périer, Marie-Françoise - Anne-Marie Walters
- Perkins, Martin - Maurice Pertschuk
- Perrault, Gérard - Maurice Pertschuk
- Perrin, Éliane - Eliane Plewman
- Peter - Isidore Newman
- Petit Fils - Louis Bertheau
- PETTICOAT - Eileen Nearne
- Philomène - Virginia Hall
- PHYSICIAN - Francis Suttill
- PIONEER - Eileen Nearne
- PLAYWRIGHT - Georges Duboudin
- PLUMBER - John Macalister
- Pol, René - Roger Landes
- Ponsot, Henri - George Starr
- PORTER - Bob Maloubier
- Porthos - Jean-Marie Régnier
- PRIEST - Ange Defendini
- Prosper - Francis Suttill
- PRUNUS - Maurice Pertschuk
- PULLOVER - Roméo Sabourin
- PUNJAB - Christine Granville
R
- Raoul - Peter Churchill
- Ratier, Antoine - France Antelme
- Raymond - Pierre Agapov
- RECLUSE - Lilian Rolfe
- Régnier, Jeanne-Marie - Noor Inayat Khan
- Renaud - France Antelme
- René - Jean-Marie Renaud-Dandicolle
- René - Victor Gerson
- Rodier, Claude Irène - Lilian Rolfe
- Rodolphe - Henri Sevenet
- Roger - Francis Cammaerts
- Rondeau, Juliette Thérèse - Diana Rowden
- Rose - Eileen Nearne
S
- St. Paul - Philippe de Vomécourt
- SALESMAN - Philippe Liewer
- SARAFARI - Yvonne Cormeau
- Saulnier, Arthur - Arthur Steele
- SCIENTIST - Claude de Baissac
- SEAMSTRESS - Violette Szabo
- Sebastien - William Grover-Williams
- SECRETARY - Denise Bloch
- Shelley - Forest Yeo-Thomas
- SILVERSMITH - Henri Borosh
- Simone - Vera Leigh
- Simonet - Patricia O'Sullivan
- Simonet, Micheline Marcelle - Patricia O'Sullivan
- SOAPTREE - Yvonne Rudellat
- Solange - Madeleine Damerment
- SORCEROR - Roméo Sabourin
- SPINDLE - Peter Churchill
- SPRUCE - Georges Duboudin
- Stanislas - Roger Landes
- STATIONER - Maurice Southgate
- Staunton, Charles Geoffrey Mark - Philippe Liewer
- STAYER - Adrien Berge
- STENOGRAPHER - Patricia O'Sullivan
- Stéphane - John Barrett
- STOCKING - Patricia O'Sullivan
- SUIT - Robert Byerly
- SURVEYOR - Roland Alexandre
- Suzanne - Yvonne Rudellat
- Sylvain - Pierre de Vomécourt
- Sylvestre - Michael Trotobas
T
- Tailor, Vicky - Violette Szabo
- Tania - Sonia Olschanezky
- TAXIDERMIST - Phillip Amphlett
- TEACHER - Cecily Lefort
- Thierry, François-Yves - Forest Yeo-Thomas
- Thomas, Henry - Henri Sevenet
- TIPPET - Adrien Berge
- Tirelli - Forest Yeo-Thomas
- TOGA - Yvonne Baseden
- Tomas - James Amps
- Tournier, Marie Louise - Eileen Nearne
- Tutur - Adrien Berge
- TYPIST - Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester
U
- Urbain - Marcus Bloom
- URCHIN - Francis Basin
- USHER - Jack Agazarian
V
- Valentin - John Macalister
- VENTRILOQUIST - Philippe de Vomécourt
- Violette - Muriel Byck
- Virgile - Jean-Claude Guiet
- Vladimir - Maurice Louis Larcher
W
- WAITER - Arthur Steele
- Watremez, Serge - George Starr
- WITCH - Nancy Wake
- WIZARD - William Savy
- WHEELWRIGHT - George Starr
- WHITEBEAM - Andrée Borrel
- White Mouse - Nancy Wake
- Williams, Danielle - Denise Bloch
- Wood, Alice - Eileen Nearne
- WRAP - Marcel Rousset
X
- Xavier - Richard Harry Heslop
Y
- Yvonne - Yolande Beekman