French resistance fighters in WW2. 470 SOE agents were sent on sabotage missions to occupied France where they fought with networks of French resistance fighters who played an important part in the liberation of France in 1944. The 'Maquis' refers mainly to the rural guerrilla bands.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
French Resistance / The Maquis
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Violette Szabo home
Violette Szabo, GC, 1921 - 1945, secret agent, lived here. She gave her life ...
Other Subjects
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Private Frederick Haver
Frederick Haver was born in October 1881 the eldest of the 12 children of Robert John Haver (1858-1904) and Eliza Haver née Jarman (b.1859). His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1881 in t...
Person, Armed Forces, Belgium, India, Pakistan, South Africa
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Private John Carr
John Carr was born in 1883 in Rotherhithe, Surrey (now Greater London). He was a son of John Carr and Elizabeth Carr née Gardiner. In the 1891 census he was shown as living in two rooms at 8 Rudfor...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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