He is also credited with the invention of the system of using messages personnels to embed coded messages for SOE agents - messages personnels were broadcast in the overseas services of the B.B.C. You can watch this BBC report on the attribution of the use of messages personnels for coded messages to Georges Bégué.

On October 24th, following 4 days of arrests from setting up a mousetrap at the Villa des Bois in Marseilles, Georges Bégué was captured by the Vichy police. Approximately 10 SOE agents were arrested and sent to Beleyme prison in Périgueux where the poorest of environmental conditions prevailed. Thanks to an intervention by the U.S. embassy in Vichy, the group was transferred during March 1942 to the prison camp in Mauzac. With well-laid plans worked out by Mme Bloch outside and Georges Bégué inside (which included his making a duplicate key based on individuals' observations of the actual key), the group escaped on July 16, 1942. They were given provisional shelter 30 miles away from Mauzac in the middle of a forest. On July 23, they then proceeded in groups of two to Lyons after which they proceeded through the Pyrenées into Spain. Although the group which included Georges Bégué was caught in the train at Figueras and interned at Franco's notorious camp at Miranda do Ebro, they did finally reach England. Their escape was made into a television movie called "Adieu Mauzac - Part I" and "Adieu Mauzac - Part II" - (if you click on the links, you will be redirected to the hour-long YouTube movies/videos featuring Georges Bégué and his experiences in wartime France starting with his first landing in Valençay in May 1941 - this French documentary was produced in B/W in the early 1970's.)

Most interestingly, you can view and hear George Bégué being interviewed in a later segment of the "Adieu Mauzac" movie from 1970.

Once back in England in October 1942, Georges Bégué was awarded the MC and was appointed Signals Officer in F Section under Maurice Buckmaster.

We can find numerous publications with entries which describe the distinguished career enjoyed by Georges Bégué:

1. "The F Section Memorial" - 1992
   
   
2. "SOE Archives - First Steps by SOE to start Operations in France"
   
   
3. "Daily Telegraph - January 29, 1994"
   
   
4. "The Times - February 2, 1994"
   
   
5. "British Paper Article - circa 1943"
   
   
6. "La lune est pleine d'éléphants verts" - 1979
   
   
7. "SOE in France" by M.R.D Foot - 1966
   
   
8. "An Army of Amateurs" by Philippe de Vomécourt, Doubleday & Company, Inc - 1961
   
   
9. "F Section, SOE - The Buckmaster Networks" by Marcel Ruby, Leo Cooper Ltd - 1988
   
   
10. "Inside S.O.E. - The Story of Special Operations in Western Europe 1940-1945" by E.H. Cookridge, Arthur Barker Ltd, 1966
    
    
11. "The Resistance - World War II" by Russell Miller - 1979
    
    
12. "Between Silk and Cyanide - The Story of SOE's Code War" by Leo Marks - 1998
    
    
13. SOE Action in France:
    
    
    • The first agent dropped ; the first circuits founded
      
      
    • Les actions du SOE: de 1941 à 1943
      
      
    • Premier parachuté, premier réseau
    
    
    
14. Articles in the "Icare - Revue de l'aviation française - SALON 1971" whose editorial states: "UN HOMMAGE A MAX HYMANS pour le dixième anniversaire de sa disparition. Nous nous sommes employés à réunir un grand nombre de ceux qui ont eu le privilège de le connaître, quelles que soient leurs opinions, en nous inspirant de cette ouverture d'esprit dont a su faire preuve, tout au long de sa vie et de sa carrière, Max Hymans serviteur de l'Etat, homme de la Résistance et pour finir président d'Air France unanimement regretté.". A good number of articles were basically a tribute to Max Hymans for his contributions to the aviation industry and the French Résistance. It turns out that there are a number of articles related to the Resistance/SOE including one from Georges Bégué. These are provided below in the order they appear in the publication:
    
    
    • Photo of front cover of ICARE magazine
      
      
    • Article written by Jean-Pierre Bloch
      
      
    • Article written by Colonel Maurice Buckmaster
      
      
    • Article written by Georges Bégué
      
      
    
    
15. "Undercover - The Men and Women of the SOE" by Patrick Howarth, 1980.

To learn more about what it meant to be a "pianist" or SOE wireless operator in the field during WWII, please consult this extract from M.R.D Foot's book "SOE in France". Aside from operating a Type B Mark II radio as the one below, Georges Bégué also had experience with the much lighter Type A Mark III, the Paraset and the more compact MCR-1 (often called the "biscuit" as it could be concealed in a biscuit tin).