The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was set up in 1940 by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton

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The Special Operations Executive (SOE) was set up in 1940 by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton to encourage and facilitate espionage and sabotage behind enemy lines. Agent Violette Szabo who grew up in Lambeth's Stockwell Road was captured and executed in occupied France: she was posthumously awarded the George Cross. A bust of Violette Szabo by artist Karen Newman was installed on the patch of grass between Lambeth Palace and the River Thames in 2008.

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