| File identifier |
File type |
Content |
| D3-ARK-101_NotesonMinofSupply.pdf |
Document |
Notes on Ministry of Supply CT6c (and others') activity manufacturing clothing for SOE. |
| D3-ARK-102_bond.pdf |
Thesis |
Bond (2014). E.D. ALSTON was Assistant Director of the Ministry of Supply's Clothing and Textiles directorate (CT6c). |
| D3-ARK-103_D_CAMSymbols_200503.pdf |
Document |
D/CAM (Station XV) symbols compiled by AOS in May 2020 with some input from the SOE Group. Not complete. |
| D3-ARK-104_TNA_BulkOrder_200114.pdf |
Document |
'Dress and Deception' research at TNA Kew: Bulk orders for records. |
| D3-ARK-105_CHHNotesonPurnell.pdf |
Document |
CHH's notes on Purnell (2019). |
| D3-ARK-106_west.pdf |
Book |
Complete PDF proof of West (2019), kindly donated personally to AOS by the author. A detailed analysis of SOE's structure, performance, and its successes and failures across the globe. |
| D3-ARK-107_gragert.pdf |
Article |
Gragert (2020). Fashionista article on CIA Chief of Disguise, Jonna MENDEZ. |
| D3-ARK-108_chambers2008.pdf |
Book |
Chambers (2008). Useful official publication by US National Park Service on OSS genesis, organisation, recruitment, and training. Lots of general facts and stats about OSS in WW2. Several mentions of Bill BROOKER. See also D3-ARK-136. |
| D3-ARK-109_intothedark.mp4 |
Film |
Award-winning short film about Vera ATKINS, Into the Dark (ca 2005), directed by Genevieve Simms. |
| D3-ARK-110_hutton_wiki.pdf |
Wiki |
Clayton 'Clutty' HUTTON (MI9). |
| D3-ARK-111_maskelyne_wiki.pdf |
Wiki |
Jasper MASKELYNE (MI9). Caveat: Much written by or about MASKELYNE as a camoufleur is fictitious. |
| D3-ARK-112_JEFF&MUTT.png |
Image |
Norwegian members of the Double Cross System. Source? |
| D3-ARK-113_kesaris.pdf |
Finding aid |
Kesaris (1985). Microfilm guide to OSS/London: Special Operations Branch and Secret Intelligence Branch War Diaries. |
| D3-ARK-114_shaver.pdf |
Thesis |
Shaver (1993). OSS OGs in France. |
| D3-ARK-115_cobbett.pdf |
Article |
Cobbett (2019). Brief TNA blog article ('SOE and the Art of Blending In') based on Pattinson's work and various TNA files. Very basic. |
| D3-ARK-116_cole.pdf |
Article |
Cole (2014). Brief TNA blog article on 'Theatre of War: The Drama of the Special Operations Executive', which deals mostly with camouflage/disguise ops and personalities, mentioning Jim WILLS and Bill WILLIAMS. |
| D3-ARK-117_pattinson_bestdisguise.pdf |
Article |
Pattinson (2004). '"The Best Disguise"': Performing Femininities for Clandestine Purposes during the Second World War'.
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| D3-ARK-118_carlomagno.pdf |
Thesis |
Carlomagno (2019). Master's thesis: 'Women in a Man's War: The Employment of Female Agents in the Special Operations Executive, 1940-1946'. |
| D3-ARK-119_list_of_female_SOE_agents_wiki.pdf |
Wiki |
Wikipedia list of SOE female field agents. Handle with caution! |
| D3-ARK-120_SOEOrgCharts_Lutz.pdf |
Document |
Misc roughly handdrawn SOE HQ org charts, courtesy of Raymond Lutz (SOE Group). |
| D3-ARK-121_kelso.pdf |
Book |
Kelso (1988). Snippets about clothing of SOE Dutch Section agents. |
| D3-ARK-122_soearchive.pdf |
Document |
A Brief History of SOE and Its Archive (undated). TNA summary of how SOE files have survived ... or not. |
| D3-ARK-123_oconnor.pdf |
Book |
O'Connor (2014). In this comprehensive collection of agent biographies there are more mentions of clothing than in any other secondary source. Essential reading. |
| D3-ARK-124_charlottegray.mp4 |
Film |
Charlotte Gray (2001). An unsuccessful attempt to cherrypick the narratives of Pearl CORNIOLEY, Nancy WAKE, Odette SANSOM, Violette SZABO, et al, conflating them in one composite character. Of course, Cate Blanchett is as beguiling as ever, but not even she can redeem this turkey of a movie. The critics, right for once, hated it. |
| D3-ARK-125_nancywake1987.mp4 |
Film |
Nancy Wake Codename: The White Mouse (1987). The F Section agent from down-under, possibly BUCK's toughest and one of his most able, revisits Europe and tells her amazing story. |
| D3-ARK-126_nancywake2014.mp4 |
Film |
Nancy Wake: Gestapo's Most Wanted (2014). New Zealand-produced docudrama on the life of Nancy WAKE, starring Rachel Blampied. |
| D3-ARK-127_mcintosh1989.pdf |
Booklet |
McIntosh (1989). See also her book (1998) at D3-ARK-026. |
| D3-ARK-128_mostsecretservice.mp4 |
Film |
The Night Pilot and The Secret Service: A Most Secret Service (1995). Hugh VERITY and Bob HODGES commanded 161 SD Sqn flights flying Lysanders from Tempsford and Tangmere. |
| D3-ARK-129_morgan.pdf |
Wiki |
Wikipedia article on Harry MORGAN, the famous American banker-millionaire (co-founder of Morgan Stanley) who, as a reserve naval commander, ran OSS CD Branch, including its Clothing and Camouflage operations (1943–45), under the watchful eye of Bill BROOKER, former Beaulieu chief instructor and STS 103 (Camp X) commandant. |
| D3-ARK-130_philby.pdf |
Book |
PHILBY reminisces about working at Beaulieu with Bill BROOKER, who later became Coordinator and Advisory Director of OSS CD Branch. |
| D3-ARK-131_OSS_PFs.pdf |
Document |
OSS CD Branch P/Fs at College Park (needed). |
| D3-ARK-132_brooker.pdf |
Document |
Notes on Lt Col Bill BROOKER (SOE), Coordinator and Advisory Director, OSS CD Branch. |
| D3-ARK-133_hill.pdf |
Wiki |
Wikipedia article on George Watts HILL, banker and philanthropist, who served in OSS CD Branch. |
| D3-ARK-134_cuskie.pdf |
Article |
Mention in a postwar Marxist tract of the MORGAN brothers as conspiratorial fascist bankers laundering money ('all OSS funds') and creating forgeries ('all OSS identities') during the war. |
| D3-ARK-135_OSSorgchart.pdf |
Document |
OSS Washington Org Chart showing the relative positions of R&D and CD branches. |
| D3-ARK-136_chambers2010.pdf |
Article |
OSS training history. Highly informative article from Studies in Intelligence. See also D3-ARK-108. |
| D3-ARK-137_foot_fulltext.pdf |
Book |
The full text of Foot (1966). For relevant excerpts, see D3-ARK-016. |
| D3-ARK-138_lovell.pdf |
Book |
Lovell (1964). Slim, disappointing memoir by the head of OSS R&D. Mentions Harry MORGAN, and there's a brief chapter on camouflage. |
| D3-ARK-139_williams_interview.pdf |
Transcript |
BECTU History Project: Interview No. 381 (1993-08-12). On Tape 1, Side 2, Bill WILLIAMS relates how he was recruited for SOE D/CAM personally by Jim WILLS in 1941 and deployed to Cairo (and later Italy). |
| D3-ARK-140_stevenson.pdf |
Book |
The full text of Stevenson (2014). Achtung! Notoriously unreliable author! |
| D3-ARK-141_rankin.pdf |
Book |
The full text of Rankin (2009). Briefly mentions WILLS and Sta XV. Also MI9. Apart from Dudley CLARKE's exploits and Operation MINCEMEAT, there is little here about microcamouflage. There are only two pages on D/CAM and Station XV (pp 355-357) in a book that is nearly 500 pages long. |
| D3-ARK-142_oconnor_rose.pdf |
Book |
A snippet from O'Connor (2012). How Sta XV obtained clothing from newly-landed refugees. |
| D3-ARK-143_dewhirst_bagcraft.pdf |
Article |
Newspaper article by Dewhirst (2012) about Peter BLACK's webbing company, transplanted from Berlin, that became a major Allied supplier during WW2. (See Hardy's address book, IWM-27339_Hardy_Transcript.pdf). |
| D3-ARK-144_ransted.pdf |
Book |
Extract from book by Ransted (2018) about sapper bomb-disposal officers, and specifically Dick YARROW, who served with Bill WILLIAMS at Force 133, succeeded him, and then took over camouflage at Force 136. |
| D3-ARK-145_meyrick.pdf |
Wiki |
Kate Meyrick (1875–1933) was the original owner of The Thatched Barn, which was known popularly as 'Kate Meyrick's Roadhouse'. Consequently, Sta XV personnel always referred to their luxurious workplace as 'Kate's Place'. |
| D3-ARK-146_law.pdf |
Book |
Description by Law (2014) of The Thatched Barn as a roadhouse of enormous proportions. The dining hall seated 400, and the car park could accommodate 1,000 vehicles! |
| D3-ARK-147_williams.pdf |
Book |
Description by Williams (2003) of APPLEBEE and FRASER-SMITH's dirty tricks. |
| D3-ARK-148_bailey_ops.pdf |
Book |
Description by Bailey (2020) of Bill OSBORNE's work with disguises and photography at Sta XVc. Valuable notes and bibliography. |
| D3-ARK-149_FilesTableandNOTES.docx |
Document |
Misc notes received from CHH on 2020-08-15. |
| D3-ARK-150_QForce&OverviewNOTES.docx |
Document |
Notes on Q Force received from CHH on 2020-08-15. |
