Vera Atkins
(1908-2000)

woman

Died aged 92

Vera May Atkins CBE (15 June 1908 – 24 June 2000) was a Romanian-born British intelligence officer who worked in the France Section of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) from 1941 to 1945 during the Second World War.

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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)

Nell Gwynn House, Whitehead’s Grove, London, United Kingdom where they was