Eileen Burgoyne

Eileen Burgoyne (1905–2014) was a spy during the Cold War who worked for the British Government after the Second World War.

Early life
Burgoyne studied French and Spanish at college in Manchester.

Role in Intelligence Services
Service records show that Eileen Burgoyne served with the Women's Royal Army Corps and worked for the intelligence services immediately after World War II. She later worked with MI5.

The records also indicate that Burgoyne worked overseas for the Combined Services Detailed Interrogation Centre (CSDIC) in the British-administered zone of Berlin in 1945. She probably worked as a typist or a translator during the questioning of Nazi prisoners after the war. The CSDIC operated interrogation centres around the world and Burgoyne is recorded as serving with them from 1945-1947 and from 1950-1953.

Later life
Burgoyne was unmarried. For the last 20 years of her life, she lived at 26 Grimwood Drive in Twickenham, London.

Discovery
Information about Eileen Burgoyne's life as a spy emerged only after her death when weapons were found by builders at her former home sparked a bomb scare leading to an evacuation of her street. Police later found possessions and documents which revealed her involvement in the intelligence services.