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Walter Dicketts
Walter Arthur Charles Dicketts (31 March 1900 – 16 August 1957) was a British double agent who was sent by MI5 into Nazi Germany in early 1941 to infiltrate the Abwehr and bring back information about any impending invasion of Britain.
Before his two years as a double agent, he was an RNAS officer who had worked in Air Intelligence during the latter part of World War I and had served several prison sentences for fraud. As he was unable to regain a commission in the RAF or work for British Intelligence due to his criminal past, Dicketts volunteered to work for the British Double Cross team.
Walter Dicketts was born in Southend-on-Sea, the son of Arthur, a stockbroker's clerk, and his wife Francis. Dicketts attended the local grammar school and in 1915 he ran away from school and enlisted with the RNAS at the age of fifteen. He served in armoured cars, and tanks before becoming a pilot in 1917. After a crash in which he was badly injured he became an intelligence officer with the Air Ministry with the rank of captain.
In 1919, he married Phyllis Hobson, the daughter of a wealthy silver cutlery manufacturer, with whom he had a son called Graeme in 1919. During the early part of their marriage Dicketts met Dora Viva Guerrier, a dancer with the famous Tiller Girls, and began a relationship, resulting in the birth of Dicketts' only daughter, Effie. The following year he had a second son by Phyllis and several months later a son to Dora, who was given away at birth. Unable to meet his expenses, Dicketts turned to crime, purchasing goods with false cheques and then selling the items. He was sentenced to hard labour and as a result lost both his wife and his mistress.
At the age of thirty, Dicketts eloped with a sixteen-year-old girl named Alma Wood and married her, prompting a nationwide search to catch him before the marriage could take place.
He married two more times to Vera Fudge and Judith Kelman and maintained a second mistress called Kathleen "Kay" Holdcroft during his marriage to Vera. Kay "Dicketts" played an integral role as part of his cover during his mission to South America in 1941. Dicketts was the father of six children.
Dicketts was sent by MI5 into Nazi Germany in early 1941 to infiltrate the Abwehr and bring back information about any impending invasion of Britain. As part of the Double-Cross System Dicketts role was to convince the Germans he was a traitor who was willing to sell out his country in return for cash, whilst continuing to report to MI5.
He was also an ex RNAS officer who had worked in Air Intelligence for the Air Ministry during the latter part of World War I and had subsequently served several prison sentences for fraud. Unable to regain a commission in the RAF or work for British Intelligence due to his criminal past, Dicketts volunteered to work for the British Double Cross team led by Lt.Col T.A. Robertson (Thomas Argyle Robertson, known as Tar by his initials).
Walter Dicketts
Walter Arthur Charles Dicketts (31 March 1900 – 16 August 1957) was a British double agent who was sent by MI5 into Nazi Germany in early 1941 to infiltrate the Abwehr and bring back information about any impending invasion of Britain.
Before his two years as a double agent, he was an RNAS officer who had worked in Air Intelligence during the latter part of World War I and had served several prison sentences for fraud. As he was unable to regain a commission in the RAF or work for British Intelligence due to his criminal past, Dicketts volunteered to work for the British Double Cross team.
Walter Dicketts was born in Southend-on-Sea, the son of Arthur, a stockbroker's clerk, and his wife Francis. Dicketts attended the local grammar school and in 1915 he ran away from school and enlisted with the RNAS at the age of fifteen. He served in armoured cars, and tanks before becoming a pilot in 1917. After a crash in which he was badly injured he became an intelligence officer with the Air Ministry with the rank of captain.
In 1919, he married Phyllis Hobson, the daughter of a wealthy silver cutlery manufacturer, with whom he had a son called Graeme in 1919. During the early part of their marriage Dicketts met Dora Viva Guerrier, a dancer with the famous Tiller Girls, and began a relationship, resulting in the birth of Dicketts' only daughter, Effie. The following year he had a second son by Phyllis and several months later a son to Dora, who was given away at birth. Unable to meet his expenses, Dicketts turned to crime, purchasing goods with false cheques and then selling the items. He was sentenced to hard labour and as a result lost both his wife and his mistress.
At the age of thirty, Dicketts eloped with a sixteen-year-old girl named Alma Wood and married her, prompting a nationwide search to catch him before the marriage could take place.
He married two more times to Vera Fudge and Judith Kelman and maintained a second mistress called Kathleen "Kay" Holdcroft during his marriage to Vera. Kay "Dicketts" played an integral role as part of his cover during his mission to South America in 1941. Dicketts was the father of six children.
Dicketts was sent by MI5 into Nazi Germany in early 1941 to infiltrate the Abwehr and bring back information about any impending invasion of Britain. As part of the Double-Cross System Dicketts role was to convince the Germans he was a traitor who was willing to sell out his country in return for cash, whilst continuing to report to MI5.
He was also an ex RNAS officer who had worked in Air Intelligence for the Air Ministry during the latter part of World War I and had subsequently served several prison sentences for fraud. Unable to regain a commission in the RAF or work for British Intelligence due to his criminal past, Dicketts volunteered to work for the British Double Cross team led by Lt.Col T.A. Robertson (Thomas Argyle Robertson, known as Tar by his initials).