BMMHS Evening Meeting: SOE Jedburgh

SOE Jedburgh

Speaker: Stephen Kippax

Meeting 9th Feb 2022

Wednesday 9th February 2022; 7:30pm

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SOE Jedburgh

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SERVICE OF A E HOLDHAM AS A WIRELESS OPERATOR WITH A SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE JEDBURGH TEAM IN FRANCE AND FORCE 136 IN THE FAR EAST, 1944 - 1945 (HU 62467) Two members of the ?Jude? Jedburgh team in Paris after the Liberation. ?Jude? was based in the French town of Colmar near Strasbourg. On the right is Sergeant A E Holdham, the team?s wireless operator, who parachuted into France on 14 August 1944. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205043359

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SIGNAL CITY; WHERE THE WRENS HANDLE THE NAVY'S SECRET MESSAGES. OCTOBER 1942, GREENOCK. SIGNAL CITY, THE BUSIEST NAVAL STATION OUTSIDE THE ADMIRALTY, IS SITUATED IN THE GROUNDS OF AN OLD HOUSE IN THE NORTH. 200 WRENS WORK THERE, UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE SIGNAL COMMANDER, ALONG WITH A FEW NAVAL SIGNALMEN. THE WRENS: WIRELESS TELEPHONISTS, CYPHER OFFICERS, TELEPRINT OPERATORS, DISPATCH RIDERS, ETC HANDLE HUNDREDS OF VITAL MESSAGES DAILY. SIGNAL CITY WAS SPECIALLY DESIGNED BY THE SIGNAL COMMANDER. (A 13711) Teleprinting plays an important part in the network of naval communications. Copyright: © IWM. Original Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205146982
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P-38 Lightning crews of the 55th Fighter Group are briefed at Nuthampstead air base. 12th November 1943. © IWM FRE 161
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