Operatives assigned to the French section.
Pearl Cornioley was a British agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) who parachuted into Nazi-occupied France in 1943. Originally deployed as a courier, she rose to command thousands of Maquis fighters, overseeing significant sabotage operations and the surrender of thousands of German troops.
The Physician circuit (also known as the Prosper network) was a major SOE operation based in Paris from 1942 to 1943, led by Francis Suttill. It became one of the most extensive networks in France before its collapse in the ‘catastrophe of 1943’.
Claude de Baissac was a Mauritian-born agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) who led the ‘Scientist’ network in southwestern France during World War II. Operating from 1942 to 1943, he organized resistance efforts and gathered intelligence in the Bordeaux region.
Robert Lyon was a French national and Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent who founded and led the ACOLYTE circuit near Grenoble. Active during the Second World War, he specialized in sabotage and arming the French Forces of the Interior (FFI) to support Allied landings.