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Albert James Browne-Bartroli (1915-1967), code name Tiburce, was an agent of the clandestine British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in countries occupied by Nazi Germany or other Axis powers. SOE agents allied themselves with resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England. Browne-Bartroli was the organiser (leader) of SOE's Ditcher Network in eastern France. He arrived by parachute in France in October 1943 and developed and supplied with arms and equipment a large and strong resistance movement against the German occupation. After D-Day, the resistance forces he helped launched many successful attacks on transportation infrastructure to hinder the German response to the Allied invasion of France. Browne-Bartroli was awarded the DSO and the Croix de Guerre for his wartime service.