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Catalogue description Harold COLE, alias ROOKE, MASON, COOL, CORSER and many more: COLE went to France as a...
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| Reference: | KV 2/416 |
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| Description: |
Harold COLE, alias ROOKE, MASON, COOL, CORSER and many more: COLE went to France as a soldier in 1939, was taken prisoner by the Germans in 1940, escaped and lived first in Lille, then in Marseilles, where he helped escaping British servicemen to reach safety. Re-arrested by the Gestapo in 1941, he was then turned by the SD and betrayed a whole French Resistance unit, which resulted in the deaths of over 50 people. At the end of the war COLE was hunted by MI5, finally being arrested posing as a US Intelligence officer in liberated France, complete with Mercedes vehicle and French mistress. Escaping once more from US custody, Cole was finally discovered in 1946 living under cover in Paris. He was killed in an exchange of gunfire with French Police |
| Note: | Physical Description: Photocopy of microfiche |
| Date: | 1945 Apr 27-1945 Aug 18 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | L 166-230 VOL 2 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Access conditions: | Open on Transfer |
| Record opening date: | 11 May 2001 |
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