them, including Antelme, were dropped in February and March 1944 — despite strong evidence that the Germans had gained control of the SOE circuits with whom the drops were arranged. Three weeks earlier another SOE team, consisting of Capt. J.P.H. Ledoux, Capt. F.A. Deniset, Lt. R.E.J. Alexandre, a Canadian arms instructor for Garry's circuit, and the Canadian radio operator, Lt. R. B. Byerly, had also been dropped to a German controlled PHONO reception. Shortly afterwards transmissions were received from Bylery's set, but they failed to contain the special messages that confirmed their authenticity. The men of both teams died at the Gross-Rosen concentration camp in what is today the town of Rogoźnica in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland. Madeleine Damerment was shot at the Dachau concentration camp on 13 September 1944 with fellow SOE agents Noor Inayat Khan, Yolande Beekman and Eliane Plewman. Memorials and decorations Antelme is commemorated on the roll of honour of the Valençay SOE Memorial in France, on the Brookwood Memorial in Surrey, England, on the Cenotaph in Durban, South Africa and on a memorial at the Gross-Rosen concentration camp to the SOE officers who died there. His decorations include the military OBE, Croix de Guerre avec Palme (France) and the chevalier de la Légion d'honneur. See also British military history of World War II Military history of France during World War II Resistance during World War II References Citations Bibliography Service Record:Major Joseph Antoine France Antelme, no.239255, U.K. National Archives,Kew,Surrey Basu, Shrabani (2007) Spy Princess - The life of Noor Inayat Khan, Omega, Foot, M.R.D. (1984) SOE: The Special Operations Executive 1940-46, Mandarin Foot, M.R.D. (2004) SOE in France, Whitehall history publishing, Grehan, J. and Mace,M. (2012) Unearthing Churchill’s Secret Army: The Official List of SOE Casualties and Their Stories, Pen and Sword, Harrison, E.D.R. (1999) British Subversion in French East Africa, 1941-1942: SOE's Todd Mission Helm, Sarah (2007) A Life in Secrets, Anchor Books, Marks, Leo (1998) Between Silk and Cyanide: A codemaker's war, 1941-1945, Touchstone books, Overton Fuller,Jean (1989) Dericourt: The Chequered Spy, Michael Russell (1989), Paturau, J. Maurice Agents secrets mauriciens en France Suttill,Francis J. (2014), Shadows in the Fog: The True Story of Major Suttill and the Prosper French Resistance Network,The History Press, Verity, Hugh (1978) We landed by Moonlight, Ian Allan, Vigurs, Kate (2021) Mission France: The True History of the Women of SOE, Yale University Press, 1900 births 1944 deaths