Not Forgotten ~ Special Ops Garden

These are the names listed in the Special Ops Garden at the start of the Grove, commencing at the John McCrae Tree Seat and then in a clockwise direction towards the central memorial to Vera Atkins.

  • John McCrae ~ Canadian Army Medical Service 1916-18 ~ Queens South Africa Medal with Clasps, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal ~ Est. 2007
  • Airey Middleton Sheffield Neave ~ DSO, OBE, MC, TD, MP ~ 1916-1979 ~ Royal Artillery ~ Est. 2017
  • Isobel Grant-Bailey ~ 1921-2005 ~ Army Transport Services/Special Operations Executive ~ Est. (In NMA then the Grove.)
  • 299 Squadron Royal Air Force ~ Est. 2006
  • Bert Horan ~ Australian
  • Jack Fry
  • Basil Jaggard
  • Reg Lowmanbaker
  • Maurice Davis
  • Gus Tyler
  • Peter Arthur David Baker ~ MC, Croix de Guerre, Savoy Cross, Medaglio D’Oro. ~ 1921-1964 ~ Royal Artillery Intelligence Corps, Phantom ~ Est. 2017.
  • Humphrey Max Macare ~ Dutch Special Operations Executive ~ Est. 2006
  • United Nations Partisan Forces Korea ~ Est. 2016
  • L.S Adams-Acton ~ MC, MiD ~ Royal Northumberland Fusiliers/Special Air Service
  • W.E. Anderson ~ MBE, MC, Legion of Merit (USA) ~ Special Air Service
  • C.H. Lane ~ Special Air Service
  • David M Sharp ~ BEM, Honour Medal (ROK), Army Commendation Medal for Valour (USA) ~ Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
  • J.N. Wells ~ Bronze Star (USA) ~ Intelligence Corps
  • G Mills ~ Royal Northumberland Fusiliers
  • V Force Burma ~ Est. 2012
  • Maurice Budd ~ 1917-1945 ~ Royal Sussex Regiment
  • John Sehmer ~ Special Operations Executive ~ 1913-1945 ~ Est. 2015
  • David Finlayson ~ French Special Operations Executive ~ Est. 2008
  • Vera Atkins & the Women of the French SOE Section ~ Est. 2011
  • Vera Atkins ~ Special Operations Executive ~ OBE, Croix de Guerre & Legion of Honour ~ 1908-2000
  • Madeleine Bayard ~ Women’s Royal Naval Service (WRENS)
  • Yolande Beekman ~ Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF)
  • Denise Bloch ~ First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY)
  • Andree Borrel ~ FANY
  • Muriel Byck ~ WAAF
  • Madeleine Damerment ~ FANY
  • Noor Inyat Khan ~ WAAF
  • Cecily Lefort ~ WAAF
  • Vera Leigh ~ FANY
  • Sonia Olschanezky ~ Recruited In France
  • Elaine Plewman ~ FANY
  • Lilian Rolfe ~ WAAF
  • Diana Rowden ~ WAAF
  • Yvonne Rudellat ~ FANY
  • Violette Szabo ~ FANY ~ George Cross

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