Nicolas Bodington [SEP] educated at
. 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
Nicolas Bodington
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.
Life.
Life Pre-war.
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