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These are the networks, also known as circuits, (or réseaux to their French participants) established in France by F Section of the British Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. See also SOE F Section timeline.

Contents 1 Acolyte 2 Acrobat 3 Archdeacon 4 Asymptote 5 Author 6 Autogiro 7 Bricklayer 8 Carter 9 Chestnut 10 Clergyman 11 Detective 12 Digger 13 Diplomat 14 Ditcher 15 Donkeyman 16 Farmer 17 Farrier 18 Fireman 19 Freelance 20 Headmaster 21 Heckler 22 Historian 23 Inventor 24 Japonica 25 Jockey 26 Juggler 27 Labourer 28 Marksman 29 Minister 30 Monk 31 Musician 32 Permit 33 Phono 34 Physician 35 Plane 36 Prosper 37 Robin 38 Saint 39 Salesman 40 Scholar 41 Scientist 42 Silversmith 43 Spindle 44 Spiritualist 45 Stationer 46 Stockbroker 47 Ventriloquist 48 Wheelwright 49 Wizard 50 Wrestler 51 Map of networks as of June, 1943

[edit] Acolyte

• Robert Lyon - also known as Gilbert Calvert (Adrien)
• Jean Coleman - lieutenant (Victor)
• Robert Martin, real name : Albert Grinberg (Ibis) - wireless operator

[edit] Acrobat

• Harry Rée - worked with Acrobat before taking charge of Stockbroker
• Diana Rowden - courier
• Jean Simon - organiser following Starr's arrest
• John Ashford Renshaw Starr - organiser
• John Cuthbert Young - wireless operator

[edit] Archdeacon

A network which was meant to be established by Frank Pickersgill and John Kenneth Macalister, who were both captured in June 1943 immediately upon arrival in France. The network became an operation run by the Germans.

Joseph Placke, an assistant in the wireless section at 84 Avenue Foch, impersonated Pickersgill, and Macalister's captured radio and codes were used to transmit false messages to London, arranging parachute drops of supplies, which of course fell into German hands. The fake operation continued until May 1944 and resulted in the capture of a sabotage instructor and six other agents sent to join the network.

[edit] Asymptote

• F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas

[edit] Author

• Harry Peulevé

[edit] Autogiro

A network which was organised in the Paris area by Pierre de Vomécourt, but which had been destroyed by the spring of 1942 after being betrayed by Mathilde Carre.

• Georges Bégué - wireless operator
• Christopher Burney - assigned to assist Burdeyron
• Noel Fernand Rauol Burdeyron (real name, Norman F. Burley) - agent, singlehandedly derailed German supply train by pulling up a rail, Autogiro's only successful attack
• Pierre de Vomécourt - organiser

[edit] Bricklayer

A small network specialized in the economical and financial matters in view of the allied landing on D-Day. The French members were mainly businessmen, lawyers, bankers and engineers.

• France Antelme - organiser
• Madeleine Zoe Damerment - courier
• Lionel Lee - wireless operator

[edit] Carter

• Charles Henri Lucien - organiser

[edit] Chestnut

• Roland Dowlen - wireless operator
• William Grover-Williams - organiser

[edit] Clergyman

• Robert Benoist - organiser
• Denise Madeleine Bloch - wireless operator, 1943-1945
• Louis Blondet - instructor

[edit] Detective

• Denise Madeleine Bloch - courier, 1942
• Henri Sevenet
• Brian Julian Stonehouse - wireless operator

[edit] Digger

• Peter Lake

[edit] Diplomat

• Maurice Dupont

[edit] Ditcher

• Guy D'Artois - organiser
• Lt. Jean Renaud-Dandicolle, M.C. - Captured and killed on Saturday 10 June 1944

[edit] Donkeyman

A network organised following the collapse of Autogiro and built on the remnants of Carte. It had small groups over the whole of France.

• Francis Cammaerts
• Henri Frager - organiser
• Marguerite Diana Knight - courier
• Vera Eugenie Leigh - liaison officer

[edit] Farmer

A network which was organised in the Lille area by Michael Trotobas.

• Arthur Staggs - wireless operator
• Michael Trotobas - organiser

[edit] Farrier

An operation to organise aircraft landings and the reception of agents sent by such means.

• Julienne Marie Louise Aisner - courier
• Henri Déricourt - organiser

[edit] Fireman

• Patricia (Paddy) Maureen O'Sullivan - wireless operator

[edit] Freelance

• Nancy Grace Augusta Wake - courier

[edit] Headmaster

• Sonya Esmee Florence Butt - courier
• Cristopher Sydney "Soapy" Hudson, DSO and bar - organiser [French Wikipedia http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Hudson]

[edit] Heckler

• Virginia Hall

[edit] Historian

• Lilian Vera Rolfe - wireless operator
• George Alfred "Teddy" Wilkinson - organiser

[edit] Inventor

A sub-circuit of the Physician network.

• Marcel Clech - wireless operator
• Sidney Jones - organiser and arms instructor
• Vera Eugenie Leigh - courier

[edit] Japonica

• Blanche Charlet
• Brian Stonehouse

[edit] Jockey

A network in the south-east

• Francis Cammaerts - organiser
• Christine Granville - courier
• Cicely Margot Lefort - courier
• Pierre Reynaud - sabotage instructor

[edit] Juggler

A sub-circuit of Physician, operating from Châlons-sur-Marne, east of Paris. It also had headquarters in the rue Cambon, near the Place de la Concorde

• Gustave Cohen - wireless operator
• Sonya Olschanezky - courier, administrator
• Jacques Weil - second in command
• Jean Worms - organiser

Also known as Robin.

[edit] Labourer

• Odette Victoria Wilen

[edit] Marksman

• Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester
• Richard Harry Heslop - organiser

[edit] Minister

• Yvonne Fontaine

[edit] Monk

• Eliane Sophie Plewman
• Charles Skepper - organiser

[edit] Musician

A network in eastern Picardy.

• Yolande Elsa Maria Beekman - wireless operator
• Gustave Biéler - organiser

[edit] Permit

• Ginette Marie Helene Jullian

[edit] Phono

• Emile Henri Garry - organiser
• Noor Inyat Khan - wireless operator

[edit] Physician

• Francine Agazarian - courier
• Jack Agazarian - wireless operator
• France Antelme
• Andrée Raymonde Borrel - courier
• Jacques Bureau - radio technician
• Gilbert Norman - wireless operator
• Francis Suttill - organiser
• Yvonne Claire Rudellat - courier
• Noor Inayat Khan - wireless operator

Also known as Prosper.

[edit] Plane

• Henri Paul Le Chêne - organiser
• Marie-Thérèse Le Chêne - courier
• Pierre Louis Le Chêne - radio operator

[edit] Prosper

An unofficial name for Physician, named for its organizer's codename.

[edit] Robin

An unofficial name for Juggler.

[edit] Saint

• Virginia Hall

[edit] Salesman

• Violette Reine Elizabeth Szabo - courier aka Louise aka la p'tite Anglaise
• Philippe Liewer aka Maj Charles Staunton aka Hamlet

Jean-Claude Guiet, French-American, wireless operator aka Virgile Bob Maloubier

[edit] Scholar

• Yvonne Jeanne Therese de Vibraye Baseden - wireless operator

[edit] Scientist

A network in the area of Bordeaux.

• Claude de Baissac - organiser
• Mary Katherine Herbert - courier
• Lisé de Baissac - courier
• Phyliss Latour - wireless operator
• Harry Peulevé

[edit] Silversmith

• Madeleine Lavigne

[edit] Spindle

A network based in Montpellier.

• Peter Churchill - organiser
• André Girard
• Odette Marie Celine Sansom - courier

[edit] Spiritualist

• Henri Diacono - wireless operator
• René Dumont-Guillemet - organiser

[edit] Stationer

A network with activities in the south and center of France, from Chateauroux to the foothills of the Pyrenees.

• Jacqueline Nearne - courier
• Maurice Southgate - organiser
• Pearl Witherington - courier, organiser following Southgate's arrest

[edit] Stockbroker

• Harry Rée - organiser
• Diana Hope Rowden - courier

[edit] Ventriloquist

• Muriel Tamara Byck - wireless operator
• Blanche Charlet - courier
• Brian Julian Stonehouse - wireless operator
• Pierre de Vomécourt - organiser

[edit] Wheelwright

A network in the area of Toulouse.

• Yvonne Cormeau - wireless operator
• George Reginald Starr - organiser
• Anne-Marie Walters - courier

[edit] Wizard

• Eileen Mary Nearne (Didi) - wireless operator

Jean Savy

[edit] Wrestler

A network with activities in the Valençay-Issoudun-Chateauroux triangle.

• Pearl Witherington - organiser

[edit] Map of networks as of June, 1943

The map below shows the major SOE F Section networks which existed in France in June 1943, based on the map published in Rita Kramer's book "Flames in the Field" (Michael Joseph Ltd, 1995).

Note: The map does not show the correct location of the original Autogiro network, which operated in the Paris area and did not exist after the spring of 1942. However the network was later revived by Francis Suttill, organiser of Prosper.