Richard Harry Heslop
Major Richard Harry Heslop (23 January 1907 – 17 January 1973), DSO was a British agent for the Special Operations Executive during World War II. Of the more than 400 SOE agents who worked in France during World War II, M.R.D. Foot, the official historian of the SOE, named Heslop as one of the half-dozen best male agents. [1]
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| Nickname(s) | Xavier |
| Born | January 23, 1907 |
| Died | January 17, 1973 |
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| Service/ | Special Operations Executive British Army |
| Rank | Major |
| Unit | Marksman |
| Commands held | Marksman |
| Awards | Distinguished Service Order, Légion d'honneur, Croix de guerre, Presidential Medal of Freedom |
He was educated at Shrewsbury School.
He worked for the French section of the organisation, and under the codename Xavier, was the organiser of the Marksman circuit.
Footnotes
- Foot, M.R.D. (1966), SOE in France, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, p. 311
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