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Sir Edwin Hardy Amies, KCVO (17 July 1909 - 5 March 2003), was a British fashion designer, best known for his official title as dressmaker for Queen Elizabeth II, from her accession to the throne until his retirement in 1989.

At the out break of World War II, with his language experience Amies was called up to serve in the Special Operations Executive. Amies suspected that SOE's commander Major General Colin Gubbins did not regard a dressmaker as suitable military material.

Posted to Belgium, Amies worked with the various Belgian resistance groups, he adapted names of fashion accessories for use as code words, while he organised sabotage assignments. Amies rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Amies probably oversaw Operation Ratweek, a co-ordinated assassination offensive against Nazi security forces in Occupied Europe was mounted in January 1944 by the Special Operations Executive (SOE), whose intention was to create confusion and trepidation at the same time as the Allies increased preparations for the Resistance's contribution to the Normandy Landings. Full details have never been released, but it is known that "Ratweek" achieved successes against Nazi personnel and collaborators in Norway, France, Denmark, and the Netherlands.

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