The Secret WW2 Learning Network is an educational charity registered in the UK - a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) No. 1156796

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This is the website for The Secret WW2 Learning Network – the UK registered educational charity with the mission to

EDUCATE, COMMEMORATE and INSPIRE

 

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Runnymede Air Forces Memorial
Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

participants) was organised by our Information Officer, Carol Browne. Wreaths placed included those on behalf of the f

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Violette Szabó GC Museum
Violette Szabó GC Museum

– the annual picnic and networking event at the Violette Szabó GC Museum, ‘Cartref’, Tump Lane, Wormelow, Heref

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Belgium Remembers
Belgium Remembers

; Belgium Remembers. Our annual talk and walk on ‘secret war’ Belgians buried or commemorated in Brookwood Military

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Events

How to learn of our upcoming events
How to learn of our upcoming events
  • October 15, 2025
  • 00:00
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 2 VALENÇAY
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 2 VALENÇAY
  • May 6, 2024
  • 11:00
  • F Section Memorial, Carr Bénévent,
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 1 ROMORANTIN-LANTHENAY
COMMEMORATIONS IN FRANCE FOR F (FRENCH) SECTION SOE – PT 1 ROMORANTIN-LANTHENAY
  • May 5, 2024
  • 16:00
  • Quai de l'Île Marin, Romorantin-Lanthenay
CRANLEIGH AND THE SECRET WAR – EXHIBITION TO 4TH MAY 2024
CRANLEIGH AND THE SECRET WAR – EXHIBITION TO 4TH MAY 2024
  • April 23, 2024
  • 10:00
  • Cranleigh Arts, Surrey

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Operation Anthropoid: Tangmere and the assassination of Heydrich – Tangmere Operation Anthropoid: Tangmere and the assassination of Heydrich – Tangmere
“The family began to realise Percy's story was something unusual, when his grand-daughter started a school project on his wartime experiences …”
WW2 British Resistance story told at Parham Airfield Museum WW2 British Resistance story told at Parham Airfield Museum
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“From secret agents, scientists and suffragettes, to politicians, presidents and paleontologists, this amazingly detailed design is a celebration of thirty-five women who have made a significant impact on the world, from Ancient Egypt through to present day. Includes Cleopatra, Mary Anning, Mary Seacole, Ada Lovelace, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank, Wangari Maathai, Anna Politkovskaya and Malala Yousafzai …” https://www.presentindicative.com/products/women-who-changed-the-world-mug/
“From secret agents, scientists and suffragettes, to politicians, presidents and paleontologists, this amazingly detailed design is a celebration of thirty-five women who have made a significant impact on the world, from Ancient Egypt through to present day. Includes Cleopatra, Mary Anning, Mary Seacole, Ada Lovelace, Amelia Earhart, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank, Wangari Maathai, Anna Politkovskaya and Malala Yousafzai …”

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“To mark a decade of festive puzzles, our in-house puzzlers have masterminded seven fiendish brainteasers and teamed up with schoolchildren on three festive designs …”
GCHQ releases annual Christmas Challenge 2025 with puzzles designed by schoolchildren and spies GCHQ releases annual Christmas Challenge 2025 with puzzles designed by schoolchildren and spies
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Title image – B24 ‘Carpetbagger’ conducting parachute drop. Courtesy of Clive Bassett, Harrington Aviation Museum –  https://harringtonmuseum.org.uk/