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Arthur Staggs - Film 1
In this, the first of 17 films, Arthur Staggs talk...Arthur Staggs - Film 1
Arthur Staggs - Film 2
After a series of interviews, Arthur meets with Co...Arthur Staggs - Film 2
Arthur Staggs - Film 3
Arthur is sent to Wanborough Manor near Guildford ...Arthur Staggs - Film 3
Arthur Staggs - Film 4
Arthur recalls his [extensive] parachute training ...Arthur Staggs - Film 4
Arthur Staggs - Film 5
Arthurs next training stop was at Inverailort Ho...Arthur Staggs - Film 5
Arthur Staggs - Film 6
Arthur recalls the pool of people who all stayed t...Arthur Staggs - Film 6
Arthur Staggs - Film 7
In 1942, at the age of 30, Arthur boards a Whitley...Arthur Staggs - Film 7
Arthur Staggs - Film 8
Arthur details some of the remarkable, and remarka...Arthur Staggs - Film 8
Arthur Staggs - Film 9
Its in Lille, where they form the Farmer Circuit...Arthur Staggs - Film 9
Arthur Staggs - Film 10
Arthurs luck runs out at a safe house in Roubaix...Arthur Staggs - Film 10
Arthur Staggs - Film 11
Arthur spends two months in Loos Prison before bin...Arthur Staggs - Film 11
Arthur Staggs - Film 12
The day after his release he finds out the true re...Arthur Staggs - Film 12
Arthur Staggs - Film 13
When Michael Trotobas is killed in a shoot out and...Arthur Staggs - Film 13
Arthur Staggs - Film 14
Arthur talks fondly a resistance fighter called Cl...Arthur Staggs - Film 14
Arthur Staggs - Film 15
Arthurs job was to train groups of Resistance fi...Arthur Staggs - Film 15
Arthur Staggs - Film 16
Arthur talks a bit more about what he was doing. I...Arthur Staggs - Film 16
Arthur Staggs - Film 17
When D-Day took place, Arthur was just a few miles...Arthur Staggs - Film 17
Arthur Staggs was a Wireless operator of F Section ‘Farmer’ circuit in SOE. He was captured, tortured and released where he subsequently served in French resistance under the direction of French secret service, the BCRA.
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Arthur Staggs
Arthur Staggs was an SOE wireless operator in northern France whose fluency in patois saved him from the Gestapo.