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Sigismund Payne Best

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British intelligence agent (1885-1978)

United KingdomAcademicsLived 1885 to 1978 · aged 93
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Captain Sigismund Payne Best OBE was a British Secret Intelligence Service agent during the First and Second World Wars. He was captured by German Gestapo and Sicherheitsdienst (SD) men on 9 November 1939 in the Venlo Incident.

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Captain Sigismund Payne Best, with monocle (1939)Captain Sigismund Payne Best, with monocle (1939)Nieuwe Uitleg: the street in The Hague where Best had his office in 1939Nieuwe Uitleg: the street in The Hague where Best had his office in 1939

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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United Kingdom
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1885 to 1978 · aged 93
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