Ted Coppin

Edward Cyril Coppin was born in Essex on 20 May 1915.

He joined the Special Operations Executive,^[1] Section F, with the rank of Lieutenant.^{[citation needed]}

On 11/12 June 1942 he landed by boat in France^[2] to join the DONKEYMAN network of Henri Frager in Marseille. He trained a sabotage group comprising a small but efficient team of railway workers, ensuring a satisfactory increase in the rate of accidents in marshalling yards and making good use of abrasive grease to cause damage.^[3]

Ten months after his arrival, he was arrested on 23 April 1943, with his courier "Gisele", and executed in captivity on 27 September 1943, aged 28.^[4]

• United Kingdom: MBE, Mentioned in Despatches.
• France: Croix de Guerre with a vermeil star.

• He is honoured at The Valençay SOE Memorial, Indre, as one of the 104 agents of section F who lost their lives for France’s liberation.
• Brookwood Memorial, Surrey.^{[citation needed]}