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

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9th and 10th September 2023 – annual weekend of talks and film showing at Wanborough Manor.
9th and 10th September 2023 – annual weekend of talks and film showing at Wanborough Manor.

;s heritage open weekend involved four sessions, two on each day, of talks and a showing of our film Now It Can Be Told

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3rd September 2023 – annual ceremony at Brookwood Military Cemetery, remembering Jewish agents of SOE.
3rd September 2023 – annual ceremony at Brookwood Military Cemetery, remembering Jewish agents of SOE.

, together with Major Sir Anthony Palmer, their SOE liaison officer. We also remembered Lieutenant Maurice Pertschuk an

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20th August 2023 – Bi-annual ceremony at Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede.
20th August 2023 – Bi-annual ceremony at Air Forces Memorial, Runnymede.

; much to the approval of attendees. We were again honoured by the presence of family members of Yolande Beekman and Li

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SECRET GUILDFORD – five months’ exhibition of artefacts and information. 11 Nov 2023 – 13 Apr 2024. Locations and secret agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Guildford area during World War Two
SECRET GUILDFORD – five months’ exhibition of artefacts and information. 11 Nov 2023 – 13 Apr 2024. Locations and secret agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in the Guildford area during World War Two
  • November 11, 2023
  • 12:00
  • Guildford Museum, Castle Arch, Quarry Street, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 3SX
Sunday, 2nd July 2023 – Belgium Remembers
Sunday, 2nd July 2023 – Belgium Remembers
  • July 2, 2023
  • 14:00
  • Brookwood Military Cemetery, near Woking, Surrey
Upcoming Event at Tempsford
Upcoming Event at Tempsford
  • July 1, 2023
  • 10:00
  • Also July 2, 2023 - Stuart Memorial Hall, Tempsford
Our First, Small Scale, Outdoors Event of 2021
Our First, Small Scale, Outdoors Event of 2021
  • April 4, 2021
  • 10:00
  • Brookwood

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December 6, 2023
In his first column, author and journalist Michael Smith reveals how much truth there is to 007 James Bond and the inspiration for the legendary secret agent
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“Gladys Lewis, 100, from East Yorkshire, worked at Bletchley Park and has been awarded the Legion d'Honneur. “Her job involved typing up transcripts of decoded Nazi intelligence and she kept her vital work secret from her family for 50 years.”
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November 20, 2023
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I am delighted and honoured to have received the Lifetime Contribution Award in Jewish Military History and Education from The Jewish Military Association (AJEX). Thank you Keeping history alive is our duty and service as historians.
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November 10, 2023
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Members of the Corps supported the Special Operations Executive (SOE) Wreath Laying Service at @westminsterabbeylondon today. The SOE was formed in July 1940 on Winston Churchill’s orders to ‘set Europe ablaze’. The purpose was to organise active resistance to the Germans by any means possible, legal or illegal, gentlemanly or otherwise. One major contribution by the FANY to the work of the SOE was in Communications, in both Signals and Cipher departments. Many FANYs were posted to Grendon Underwood listening station, waiting to receive messages from the agents, because wireless was the most valuable link between the FANY operators based in the UK and the agents on the ground. Another major contribution was the FANY agents in the field. Thirty-nine of the 50 women sent into France were FANYs. Read more about our history on our website. #wewillrememberthem
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November 8, 2023
“A new exhibition at Guildford Museum focuses on Second World War secret agents of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and some very local connections of where they undertook their training. “The exhibition has been curated by the Secret WW2 Learning Network in partnership with the museum.”
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Title image – B24 ‘Carpetbagger’ conducting parachute drop. Courtesy of Clive Bassett, Harrington Aviation Museum –  https://harringtonmuseum.org.uk/