Harry Rée, the Glossary
Harry Alfred Rée, DSO, OBE (15 October 1914 – 17 May 1991) was a British educationist and wartime member of the Special Operations Executive.[1]
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41 relations: Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, Beaconsfield, Belfort, Bradford Grammar School, British Army, Cambridge University Press, Captain (British Army and Royal Marines), Conscientious objector, Derwent College, York, Distinguished Service Order, Henry Morris (education), Imperial War Museum, Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom), Jacqueline Nearne, Jonathan Rée, Langley Park School for Boys, List of SOE F Section networks and agents, Longman, M. R. D. Foot, Montbéliard, National Fire Service, Order of the British Empire, Peugeot, Provost (education), Public opinion, Royal Air Force, Sabotage, School for Danger, Shrewsbury School, Sochaux, Special Operations Executive, St John's College, Cambridge, Switzerland, The Times, UCL Institute of Education, University of London, University of York, V-1 flying bomb, Village college, Watford Grammar School for Boys, World War II.
- People associated with the University of York
- Schoolteachers from Hertfordshire
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (24 June 1771 – 31 October 1834) was a French-American chemist and industrialist who founded the gunpowder manufacturer E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Harry Rée and Éleuthère Irénée du Pont are du Pont family.
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Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield is a market town and civil parish in Buckinghamshire, England, northwest of central London and southeast of Aylesbury.
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Belfort
Belfort (archaic Beffert, Beffort) is a city in northeastern France, situated approximately from the Swiss border.
Bradford Grammar School
Bradford Grammar School (BGS) is a co-educational private day school located in Frizinghall, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)
Captain (Capt) is a junior officer rank of the British Army and Royal Marines and in both services it ranks above lieutenant and below major with a NATO ranking code of OF-2.
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Conscientious objector
A conscientious objector is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of conscience or religion.
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Derwent College, York
Derwent College is a college of the University of York, and alongside Langwith College was one of the first two colleges to be opened following the university's inception.
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Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, as well as formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth, awarded for operational gallantry for highly successful command and leadership during active operations, typically in actual combat.
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Henry Morris (education)
Henry Morris (13 November 1889 – 14 December 1961) is known primarily as the founder of village colleges.
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Imperial War Museum
Imperial War Museums (IWM), is a British national museum.
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Intelligence Corps (United Kingdom)
The Intelligence Corps (Int Corps) is a corps of the British Army.
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Jacqueline Nearne
Jacqueline Nearne MBE (27 May 1916 – 15 August 1982), code named Jacqueline and Josette, was an agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Nazi-occupied France during World War II. Harry Rée and Jacqueline Nearne are British Special Operations Executive personnel.
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Jonathan Rée
Jonathan Rée (born 1948) is a British freelance historian and philosopher from Bradford.
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Langley Park School for Boys
Langley Park School for Boys is a boys secondary academy school in Beckenham in the London Borough of Bromley, with a co-ed sixth form.
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List of SOE F Section networks and agents
This article lists the clandestine networks, also known as circuits, (réseaux in French) established in France by F Section of the British Special Operations Executive during World War II.
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Longman
Longman, also known as Pearson Longman, is a publishing company founded in London, England, in 1724 and is owned by Pearson PLC.
Michael Richard Daniell Foot, (14 December 1919 – 18 February 2012) was a British political and military historian, and former British Army intelligence officer with the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War. Harry Rée and m. R. D. Foot are intelligence Corps officers.
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Montbéliard
Montbéliard (traditional) is a town in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France, about from the border with Switzerland.
National Fire Service
The National Fire Service (NFS) was the single fire service created in Great Britain in 1941 during the Second World War; a separate National Fire Service (Northern Ireland) was created in 1942.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.
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Peugeot
Peugeot is a French brand of automobiles owned by Stellantis.
Provost (education)
A provost is a senior academic administrator.
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Public opinion
Public opinion, or popular opinion, is the collective opinion on a specific topic or voting intention relevant to society.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies.
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Sabotage
Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, government, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, demoralization, destabilization, division, disruption, or destruction.
School for Danger
School for Danger (also known as Now It Can Be Told) is a 1947 British docudrama film directed by Teddy Baird depicting the training and deployment of agents of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War.
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Shrewsbury School
Shrewsbury School is a public school (English fee-charging boarding school for pupils aged 13 –18) in Shrewsbury.
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Sochaux
Sochaux is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Special Operations Executive
Special Operations Executive (SOE) was a British organisation formed in 1940 to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in German-occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements during World War II.
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St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
UCL Institute of Education
The UCL Institute of Education (IOE) is the faculty of education and society of University College London (UCL).
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University of London
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom.
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University of York
The University of York (abbreviated as or York for post-nominals) is a public collegiate research university in York, England.
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V-1 flying bomb
The V-1 flying bomb (Vergeltungswaffe 1 "Vengeance Weapon 1") was an early cruise missile.
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Village college
The village college is an institution specific to Cambridgeshire, England, including the Peterborough unitary authority area.
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Watford Grammar School for Boys
Watford Grammar School for Boys (commonly abbreviated as WBGS) is an 11–18 boys partially selective academy in Watford in Hertfordshire, England.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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See also
People associated with the University of York
- Andrew Derbyshire
- Brian Blessed
- Harry Rée
- Heidi Fraser-Krauss
- Jack Lyons (financier)
- James Dugdale, 2nd Baron Crathorne
- John Bowes Morrell
- Ken Dixon (confectioner)
- Nicola Benedetti
- Oliver Sheldon
- Philip Rees
- Philippa Mary Hoskin
- Robert Matthew
- Stephen Chukwumah
- Stirrat Johnson-Marshall
- Tom Gordon (British politician)
- Wanjeri Nderu
Schoolteachers from Hertfordshire
- Arthur Dunn
- Ashley Winlaw
- Bernie Cotton
- Charlotte Wilson (VSO)
- Daniel Turner (hymn writer)
- George Anthony Barber
- George Vasey (cricketer)
- George William Kinman
- Harry Rée
- Henry Bradby
- Jane Hawking
- John Thompson (cricketer, born 1918)
- John Worsley (scholar)
- Joyce Baird
- Lilian Faithfull
- Mark Featherstone-Witty
- Martin Stephen
- Philip Morgan (cricketer)
- Roger Deakin
- Roland Bell
- Vicars Bell
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Rée
Also known as Rée, Harry.