Flight Lieutenant Jack Charles Stanmore Agazarian

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Flight Lieutenant Jack Charles Stanmore Agazarian Veteran

Birth
Greater London, England
Death
29 Mar 1945 (aged 29)
Flossenburg, Landkreis Neustadt an der Waldnaab, Bavaria, Germany
Burial
Bergen, Landkreis Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany Add to Map
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British espionage agent who worked for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) inside France. He was captured and killed by the Nazis when he sought to confirm the status of a resistance cell that the Nazis had compromised.
Agazarian was born in London, to an Armenian father and French mother. He was educated in both France and England. After joining the Royal Air Force at the outbreak of World War II, he was recruited as a wireless operator by the SOE.
In December 1942 Agazarian arrived in Paris to join the newly formed Prosper network of the SOE and was joined later by his wife Francine. He and three other British solders were captured by Nazis and executed in concentration camps.

Also at Memorial #15244251
British espionage agent who worked for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) inside France. He was captured and killed by the Nazis when he sought to confirm the status of a resistance cell that the Nazis had compromised.
Agazarian was born in London, to an Armenian father and French mother. He was educated in both France and England. After joining the Royal Air Force at the outbreak of World War II, he was recruited as a wireless operator by the SOE.
In December 1942 Agazarian arrived in Paris to join the newly formed Prosper network of the SOE and was joined later by his wife Francine. He and three other British solders were captured by Nazis and executed in concentration camps.

Also at Memorial #15244251

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  • Added: May 27, 2007
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19552289/jack_charles_stanmore-agazarian: accessed ), memorial page for Flight Lieutenant Jack Charles Stanmore Agazarian (19 Dec 1915–29 Mar 1945), Find a Grave Memorial ID 19552289, citing Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Bergen, Landkreis Celle, Lower Saxony, Germany; Maintained by af (contributor 47059011).