Amédée Maingard

Sir Louis Pierre Rene "Amédée" Maingard de la Ville-ès-Offrans, CBE[1] (21 October 1918 - 1981) was born in Mauritius, then a British colony.

Maingard was studying in London in 1939 at the outbreak of the Second World War and volunteered for the British Army.

[2] After an unrewarding period in the infantry, Maingard joined the Special Operations Executive F section in 1942.

He was parachuted into occupied France in April 1943 to join the 'Stationer' circuit run by Squadron Leader Maurice Southgate, initially as radio operator but soon was second-in-command in the circuit, arranging the delivery of weapons, supplies and personnel to the maquisards of the French Resistance.

He continued his work until the liberation of central France, managing to keep the peace among the Gaullists, Communists, British and Americans fighting for the French common cause.