Hugh Archer (Royal Navy officer)
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Captain Hugh Edward Murray Archer, DSO (15 August 1879 - 30 December 1931[1]) was a British Royal Navy officer and spy.[2]
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Born | Hugh Edward Murray Archer (1879-08-15)15 August 1879 |
Died | 30 December 1931(1931-12-30) (aged 52) |
Nationality | British |
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Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service branch | SIS (MI6) |
Codename | Sagette |
Operations | World War I |
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Relatives | Norman Archer (brother) |
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In 1912, Hugh Archer and his father Walter Archer were recruited as agents by Mansfield Smith-Cumming, the first director of the Secret Intelligence Service, who gave them the codenames "Sagette" and "Sage", to spy on German ships in Norwegian and Danish waters.[3][4][5]