[1] At the outbreak of World War II, Burgoyne was living in the Withington area of Manchester.
Service records show that she enlisted with the Women's Royal Army Corps first as a translator in the Latin American Section, then from 30 November 1942 as a Grade III secretary to the security services working out of Room 055 at the War Office under the command of Colonel Robin 'Tin Eye' Stephens, later serving under him at Latchmere House.
Burgoyne received a direct commission into the Intelligence Services, serving as a subaltern until January 1947 then as a J/Commander.
For the last 20 years of her life, she lived at 26 Grimwood Drive in Twickenham, London, and died in hospital 6 April 2013 at the age of 97.
[3] Information about Eileen Burgoyne's life as a spy emerged only after her death when weapons found by builders at her former home sparked a bomb scare leading to an evacuation of her street.