This memorial is dedicated to the S.A.S and S.O.E, men and women who were executed
It can be seen at The National Memorial Arboretum, Alrewas Staffordshire
ASHE Christopher Pte 847426,killed 25/11/1944 age 27. Son of Patrick and Catherine Ashe of Folkstone. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.12
AUSTIN Frederick Leonard L/Cpl 6287803 killed 16/10/1944 age 24. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.7 [CWGC have him listed as Private]
BLACK James Desmond Lt 262193 killed between 20thand 21st/9/1944 age 20. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.13
BROWN Selwyn Percival Pte 315950, killed between 7th and 16th/10/1944 age 36 Buried at Moussey Churchyard, France, grave 10
CASTELLAIN Geoffrey Charles Lt 177329, killed 12/10/1944 age 24. Son of Ernest Frederick and Annie Ethel Castellain of Hill Deverill, Wilts. Scholar of Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford. Buried at Moussey Churchyard, France, grave 7
CONWAY John Joseph Pte 14567132, killed 19/9/1944 age 19. Buried at Moussey Churchyard, France, grave 1
CROSIER Jack Stanley Pte 14402126, killed between 20 and 21/9/1944. Grandson of Mrs A Crosier of Chelmsford, Essex. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.16
DILL David Gordon Lt, 265704 [Previous Regt, Kings Royal Rifle Corps] killed 25/11/1944 age 20. Son of Major R W G Dill, M.C and Mary Dill of South Stoke, Oxfordshire. Mentioned in DespatchedHolder of the Croix De Guerre [France] avec Palme. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.10
DOWLING James Frederick Pte 534560 killed between 20 and 21/9/1944 age 22 Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.18 [Additional he is the son of Dowling and Page marriage and was born in the registration district of Kensington in 1922]
ELLIOTT John Herbert L/Cpl 4200829, killed 19/9/1944 age 27. Buried at Moussey Churchyard, France grave, 3
FITZPATRICK Michael Benedict Sgt, 321375 killed 19/9/1944 age 27 27. Buried at Moussey Churchyard, France, grave 2.Holder of the Military Medal
FRIEDLAENDER Rudolph Sgt, 5550151 killed 18/8/1944 age 36. Son of Dr Max and Bella Friedlaender of Twickenham, Middlesex. Buried at Moussey churchyard, France grave 5 Holder of the D C M and served as Rudolf Lodge
GRIFFIN Maurice Arthur Pte 873123, killed 25/11/1944 age 23. Son of William Maurice and Nellie Griffin nee Winter of Sea Mills Gloucestershire
HAY Ralph Sgt, 845212, killed 16/10/1944 [no age given]. Son of Ralph and Jessie Ann Hay of Pluscarden, Morayshire Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.8 Holder of the Croix Dec Guerre
IVISON Thomas Cpl T/73377, killed between 20 and 21/9/1944 age 31. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.15
KASPEROVITCH Boris Cpl BNA/13301351, killed 26/9/1944. Buried at Moussey Churchyard, France grave 8 [Served as Boris King]
LEWIS Donald Pte 14410725 killed 16/10/1944 age 18. Son of Charles and Lily Lewis of Potters Bar, Middlesex. Buried at Moussey Churchyard, France, grave 9
LLOYD Leonard Edwin Charles Pte 2063834, killed between 20 and 21/9/1944 age 23. Son of Charles E and Mildred N Lloyd of Catford, London. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.19
McGOVERN Peter Pte 900715, killed 15/10/1944 age 23. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.11
NEVILL Walter Henry Edgar Sgt 2938166, killed 15/10/1944 age 31. Son of Henry Walter and Mary Jane Neville, husband of Beatrice F Nevill of Misken Mountain Ash, Glamorgan, South Wales. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.9
PUTTICK Frederick Arthur Pte 6201328, killed 5/10/1944 age 29. Commemorated on the Grosbeek Memorial, Netherlands
REYNOLDS Denis Bingham Major 130586, formerly of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps, killed 25/11/1944. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.5
ROBINSON George L/Cpl 884882, killed 16/10/1944 age 24. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.3
SALTER James Pte 4200942, killed between 20 and 21/9/1944 age 29. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.12
SILLY James Lovatt Lt 304006, killed 22/10/1944 age 20. Son of Benjamin James and Frances Fanny of Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire. Buried in Moyenmoutier Communal Cemetery, France
TERRY-HALL Frank Ernest Sgt 4122304 killed between 20 and 21/9/1944 age 34. Son of Mr and Mrs Frank Terry-Hall, husband of Margaret Terry-Hall of Wood Green, Middlesex. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.14
WEAVER Edwin Thomas Pte 1060893, killed 16/10/1944 age 38. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.12
WHATELY-SMITH Anthony Major 113612, killed 25/11/1944 age 29. Son of Revd Ernest, [M.C and M.A] and Dorothy Whately-Smith of Milford on Sea, Hampshire. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.2
WINDER Harry Cpl 3460628 killed between 20 and 21/9/1944 age 30. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.17
Special Operations Executive (S.O.E)
Killed at Struthof / Natzwelller Concentration Camp
BORRELL Andre Raymonde Lt, Womens Transport Service [F.A.N.Y.] First Aid Nursing, attached to Special Operations Executive, executed 6 July 1944. Commemorated at Brookwood Memorial, Near Pirbright, Berkshire Additional information Born in France 18 November 1919, during the WW2 she joined the Red Cross then went into the S.O.E. as an agent and she was parachuted in to France 24 September 1942. On the 23 June 1943 she along with three members were arrested by the gastapo and taken to Avenue Foch, Paris where on the 6 July she was injected with phenol and place in a furnace
LEIGH Vera Eugenie Ensign, F/15 Womens Transport Service [F.A.N.Y.] First Aid Nursing, attached to Special Operations Executive, executed 6 July 1944 age 40. Daughter of Mr & Mrs Eugene Leigh Commemorated at Brookwood Memorial, Near Pirbright, Berkshire Additional information Born in Leeds 17 March 1903, and went on to join the French Resistance. She at one time was a First Aid Nursing Yeomanry [FANY] then became an S.O.E. agent. On the 30 April 1943 she was arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned at Fresnes. On the 6th July 1944 she was taken to Natzweiler Concentration camp where she was injected with phenol and placed in a furnace along with Diana Rowden.
ROWDEN Diana Hope Section Officer 4193, Woman Auxiliary Air Force att to S.O.E. and Mentioned in Despatches. And Croix De Guerre. Executed 6 July 1944 age 29, daughter of Major Aldred Clement and Christian Rowden of Binsted, Hampshire. Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham Additional Information Born in England 31 January 1915 and the family moved to France. Where in 1943 became a S.O.E. agent. On the 18 November 1944 she was arrested with two other agents and taken to the Gastapo Headquaters, Avenue Foch , Paris and on the 6 July 1944 she was taken to the above concentration came and later that day was injected with phenol and placed in a furnace
OLSCHANEZKY Sonia Sous-Lietenant. She was actively involved in the war as messenger from agents to others, and involved in sabotage and carrying wireless parts. To W/T Operators. She was betrayed and arrested June 1944 when she was suppose to meet with an agent but the Gestapo was waiting. She was executed at Natzweiler 6 June 1944 aged 21 years of age. Commemorated on a plaque at Struthof_Natzweiler Camp, Crematorium, Alsace
Killed at Gaggenau
GOUGH Victor Capt 148884, Somerset Light Infantry. Murdered in Erich Forest near Gaggenau on the 25/11/1944. Buried in Durnbach War Cemetery, Germany 3.K.22
