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- Wing Commander Forest Frederick Edward Yeo-Thomas, GC, MC* (17 June 1902 – 26 February 1964), known as "Tommy", [1] was a British Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent in the Second World War. Codenamed "Seahorse" and "Shelley" in the SOE, Yeo-Thomas was known by the Gestapo as "The White Rabbit".
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- Wing Commander Forest Frederick Edward Yeo-Thomas, GC, MC* (17 June – 26 February ), known as "Tommy", [1] was a British Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent in the Second World War. Codenamed "Seahorse" and "Shelley" in the SOE, Yeo-Thomas was known by the Gestapo as "The White Rabbit".
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Biography of F. F. E. Yeo-Thomas
- Wing Commander Yeo-Thomas, who spoke perfect French, parachuted into France on 23 February on his first mission which he completed successfully.
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Secret agent's life celebrated with blue plaque
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The life of one of the first secret agents of World War II to receive the George Cross has been commemorated with an English Heritage blue plaque.
Forest Frederic Edward Yeo-Thomas, code name the White Rabbit, lived in Guildford Street, Camden, London, where the plaque was unveiled.
Yeo-Thomas joined the Special Operations Executive (SOE) but was captured and tortured by the Gestapo.
He escaped from a concentration camp and died in 1964 at the age of 62.
Yeo-Thomas, who was brought up in France, joined the RAF in 1939 - the year he met his second wife Barbara.
The couple lived at Queen Court, the site of the English Heritage blue plaque.
Gestapo torture
After completing more than two years in the RAF, including work as an intelligence officer in Fighter Command, Yeo-Thomas joined the SOE.
The plaque was unveiled in Guildford Street in Camden, Forest Frederick Edward YEO-THOMAS GC MC* -
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