
black plaque
Special Operations Executive, Vera Atkins, and Nell Gwynn House black plaque
Special Operations Executive · Secret Service
Inscription
“Vera Atkins née Rosenberg Commander of the Order of British Empire Croix de Guerre, Legion of Honour A Jewish pre-war British spy, Vera joined Special Operations Executive (SOE), as Intelligence Squadron Officer, F Section, verseeing the missions of secret agents to France. She lived at 725 Nell Gwynn House in WW2 הֲלוֹא צִוִּיתִיךָ חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ "Be strong and of good courage.” (Joshua 1:9) (The Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, UK branch, and AJEX UK) ”
Details
1940-46
Life dates
Nell Gwynn House, Whitehead’s Grove
SW3
Erected 2022
Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women
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Special Operations Executive
secret service · (1940-1946)
Vera Atkins
(1908-2000)
Nell Gwynn House
(1937-present)
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