Eileen Burgoyne
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Eileen Burgoyne (2 June 1915 – 6 April 2013) was a spy during the Cold War who worked for the British Government after the Second World War.
Burgoyne was born 2 June 1915 at 148 Stockport Road, Levenshulme, Manchester, the daughter of Emmanuel Burgoyne and Jane Emmerson (née White). She had one brother, Leslie (b.1918). She studied French and Spanish at a college in Manchester.[1]
War service
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.
In July 1945. Burgoyne received a direct commission into the Intelligence Services, serving as a subaltern until January 1947 then as a J/Commander. She was posted to Germany to the Bad Nenndorf Combined Services District Interrogation Centre, where she was involved in the efforts to track down and interrogate Nazi war criminals.[2] The CSDIC operated interrogation centres around the world, and Burgoyne is recorded as serving with them from 1945-1947 and from 1950-1953.[1]
