Maurice Buckmaster, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Maurice Buckmaster

SOE officer

Date of Birth: 11-Jan-1902

Place of Birth: Rugeley, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 17-Apr-1992

Profession: businessperson, journalist, spy

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Colonel Maurice James Buckmaster (11 January 1902 – 17 April 1992) was the leader of the French section of Special Operations Executive and was awarded the Croix de Guerre. Apart from his war service, he was a corporate manager with the French branch of the Ford Motor Company, in the postwar years serving in Dagenham.
He wrote two memoirs about his service with the Resistance during World War II.