Catalogue description An unusual file containing detailed reports written by Lake of the subject's mission to...
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Reference: | HS 9/877/5 |
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Description: | An unusual file containing detailed reports written by Lake of the subject's mission to train the French resistance – the Maquis – in the Dordogne area two months before D-Day (April 1944). Training included, 'a week long commando course' and 'evening classes in sabotage'. Lake's leadership of the Maquis resulted in the destruction of the railway line at Perigueux. Before leaving he helped to plan Operation Bickford on the French Island of Oleron involving further infiltration of agents and saboteurs. His heroic efforts in the Dordogne resulted in being awarded the Croix de Guerre, a French medal only bestowed to foreign military. |
Date: | 1939 Jan 01-1946 Dec 31 |
Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
Access conditions: | Closed Until 2009 |
Record opening date: | 27 August 2009 |
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