Nicholas Bodington
| Nicolas Bodington | |
|---|---|
| Nickname(s) | Nick |
| Born |
6 June 1904 Paris, France |
| Died | 3 July 1974 (aged 70) Plymouth Devon |
| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
|
| Service/branch |
 British ArmySpecial Operations Executive MI6 |
| Years of service | 1940–1945 |
| Rank | Major |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Relations | Audrey Bodington (wife) |
Nicolas Redner Bodington OBE (6 June 1904 – 3 July 1974) was, during the Second World War, a head of F section of the Special Operations Executive. He took part in four missions to France.
Nicolas Bodington was the son of Oliver Bodington international lawyer and Mary (née Redner), he was born in Paris. His elder brother was Lieutenant Colonel John Redner Bodington DSO MC, a soldier who served in World War I and World War II. Nicolas Bodington studied at Cheltenham College and (for a year) at Lincoln College, Oxford before becoming a journalist, working from 1930 onwards for the Daily Express. He married Audrey Hoffmann in Cheltenham in September 1926. Prior to the war, he was Reuters's press correspondent in Paris. There he mixed with Karl Bömelburg, future head of the Gestapo in France and Henri Déricourt, future triple agent. He also worked for MI6 for a time.
In 1938 his novel "Solo" was published in England by Gollancz.
His name is misspelled frequently. Records of his birth, military service, marriage and death all show that his first name was Nicolas. This agrees with his name as given on the covers of both of his published books.
In 1940 he joined F section as its General Staff Officer II, assisting Leslie Humphreys, then, from December, H.R. Marriott. At the start of 1941, he recruited Virginia Hall and at the start of summer that year Maurice Buckmaster became Section F's head.
His various cover identities and code names were "NICK", "ANDRE EDOUARD", "JEAN PAUL", "PIERROT" and "PEDLAR".
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