Historian and biographer Helen Fry is the author (for Yale) of MI9: A History of the Secret Service for Escape and Evasion in World War Two (2020), The Walls Have Ears: The Greatest Intelligence Operations of World War II (2019), and The London Cage: The Secret History of Britain's WWII Interrogation Centre (2017).
He books focus on intelligence, prisoners of war, and the social history of World War II. Helen undertakes consultancy work for documentary companies and appears frequently in TV interviews and documentaries, and has engaged in wider historical projects, including adult education and as ambassador for the Military Intelligence Museum.
A groundbreaking history of women in British intelligence, revealing their pivotal role across the first half of the twentieth century From the twentieth century onward, women took on an extraordinary range of roles in intelligence, defying the conventions of their time. Across both world wars, far from being a small part of covert operations, women ran spy networks and escape lines, parachuted behind enemy lines, and interrogated prisoners. And, back in Bletchley and Whitehall, women’s vital administrative work in MI offices kept the British war engine running. In this major, panoramic history, Helen Fry looks at the rich and varied work women undertook as civilians and in uniform. From spies in the Belgian network “La Dame Blanche,” knitting coded messages into jumpers, to those who interpreted aerial images and even ran entire sections, Fry shows just how crucial women were in the intelligence mission. Filled with hitherto unknown stories, Women in Intelligence places new research on record for the first time and showcases the inspirational contributions of these remarkable women.
A story about an Intelligence Corps soldier going through training at Ashford.
Everyone has heard of MI5 and MI5, but what about plain old MI?
Jon Conwyn had heard of it, but had no idea what they actually did. He had served in the infantry and even gone to Sandhurst, but nothing held his interest, so he was no on the lookout for something new. Many people fancy themselves as an international spy, but in truth, the Intelligence Corps is more Harry Palmer than James Bond; working in the shadows and pitting your wits against an unseen foe.
Jon figured that the only way to find out what life in Military Intelligence was actually like was to join them.
You will receive 1 x metre hat band in the Corps Colours. Width 36mm.
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Anodised & coloured 5/8" Bath Stars (pips) - qty one pair (2)
Woven in Corps Colours with Metal Buckle Fastening
Embroidered General Staff cloth cap badge on Cypress Green felt for INT CORPS beret
The incredible true story of the only woman to have worked during the Second World War as a codebreaker at both Bletchley Park and the Pentagon.
A World War II codebreaker who helped to decipher both German and Japanese communications, Betty Webb tells her enthralling story of courage and secrecy in this unputdownable memoir.
Between 1941 and 1945 Betty Webb played a vital role in the top-secret efforts being made to decipher the secret communications of the Germans and later the Japanese. In 1945, as other members of the forces returned home from the war in Europe, she was sent to the Pentagon and was in Washington DC when the atomic bombs fell and when Eisenhower announced the end of the war.
Betty was unable to reveal the true nature of her work, even to her parents, until years later. In this fascinating book, she revisits the key moments of her life and recounts the incredible stories from her time at Bletchley Park.
"An engaging autobiography" - The Daily Telegraph
Metal Intelligence Corps Cap badge for LCpl - WO2
In Northern Poland in 1940, at the Nazi war camp Stalag XX-A, two men struck up an unlikely friendship that was to lead to one of the most daring and remarkable wartime escape stories ever told. Antony Coulthard was the privately educated son of wealthy parents and he had a first-class honours degree in modern languages from Oxford. Fred Foster was the son of a bricklayer from Nottinghamshire - he had left school with no qualifications aged 14. This seemingly mismatched young pair bonded in the prison camp, and hatched a plan to disguise themselves as advertising executives working for Siemens. They would simply walk out of the camp, board a train - and head straight into the heart of Nazi Germany. Which is precisely what they did. Their route into Germany was one that no one would think to search for escaped PoWs. This breathtakingly audacious plan involved 18 months of undercover work, including Antony (nicknamed 'The Professor' by fellow inmates) spending 3 hours every evening teaching Fred to speak German. They set off for the Swiss border via Germany, doing some sightseeing along the way in Munich and Berlin, taking notes of strategic interest while eating in restaurants and drinking beer with Nazi officers, just yards from Hitler's HQ. But could they make it out alive?
SPIES IN THE SKY is the thrilling, little-known story of the partner organisation to the famous code-breaking centre at Bletchley Park. It is the story of the daring reconnaissance pilots who took aerial photographs over Occupied Europe during the most dangerous days of the Second World War, and of the photo interpreters who invented a completely new science to analyse those pictures. They were inventive and ingenious; they pioneered the development of 3D photography and their work provided vital intelligence throughout the war.
With a whole host of colourful characters at its heart, from the legendary pilot Adrian 'Warby' Warburton, who went missing while on a mission, to photo interpreters Glyn Daniel, later a famous television personality, and Winston Churchill's daughter, Sarah. SPIES IN THE SKY is compelling reading and the first full account of the story of aerial photography and the intelligence gleaned from it in nearly fifty years.
Taylor Downing is a best-selling author and historian and an award-winning television producer. He worked at the Imperial War Museum and Thames Television and then for more than 25 years he ran the highly successful independent television production company, Flashback Television, where he produced more than 200 historical documentaries. He writes popular histories and also books about film and television.
Socks in the Corps colours.
Wash at 30 degrees.
PLEASE NOTE - As of 23 May 2024 the wearing of rank slides with the King's devices (ie crown) has now been authorised. All personnel, where applicable, should now have been issued at least ONE rank slide. Old design rank slides should now NOT to be worn.
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Measures approx 2cm wide by 2.5cm high
Enamelled with butterfly clutch fittings.
Silk cufflinks in a barrel style.
Silk cufflinks in a knotted style.
1 set of 2 x Collar Badges
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