Walthère Dewé
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Walthère Dewé 🇧🇪

Walthère Joseph Dewé (Known as "Muriel")
WWII Resistance Leader, Founder of Clarence Intelligence Network and WWI Dame Blanche
Born Jul 26, 1880 🇧🇪 Liège, Belgium
Passed Away Jan 14, 1944 Ixelles (Brussels), Belgium
Lifespan 63 years old
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Archival Overview

Legendary leader of Belgian secret intelligence who directed the 'Dame Blanche' network in World War I providing 75% of Allied railway intelligence, and founded the 'Clarence' network in World War II.

Biographical Record

A telecommunications engineer and director of the Belgian telephone company in Liège, Dewé founded 'La Dame Blanche' in 1916 following the execution of his cousin Dieudonné Lambrecht. His network of over a thousand agents tracked every German troop train on the Western Front.

In 1940, refusing surrender, Dewé created the 'Clarence' intelligence network for the British SIS (MI6), code-named 'Muriel'. Operating underground for four years, Clarence transmitted over 4,000 radio messages regarding V-1 launch sites and German movements before Dewé was shot dead by Gestapo officers while warning a fellow agent in Ixelles.

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Robermont Cemetery (Cimetière de Robermont)
Liège, Belgium
GPS: 50.6333, 5.6000
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