SIS Sissmore, Kathleen Maria Margaret (Jane) (Miss)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Sissmore​

• FORENAME

Kathleen Maria Margaret (Jane) (Miss)​

• UNIT

MI5 (i/c of the Registry and Controller of Women Staff)​

• RANK

Civilian​

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• NUMBER

• AWARD

Member of the Order of the British Empire​

• PLACE

1923​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 11.3.1898 Bengal,India​

daughter of John Edmund Angelo and Kathleen Maud (nee Forbes-Smith) Sissmore​

educated Princess Helen's College,Ealing​

MI5 1916 (clerk)​

MI5 (i/c of the Registry and Controller of Women Staff) 1922​

barrister (called to the Bar 1924)​

MI5 (B Division - Chief expert of Soviet Affairs) 1929-40 (First MI5 female officer)​

SIS (MI6) (Irish Section,Section V) 1940-44​

SIS (MI6) (Section IX) 1944​

MI5 (C Division) 1944-45​

married Wing Commander John Oliver Archer 1939 (1887-1968) (liaison officer between RAF and MI5)​

died September 1982 Dorset​

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