London (CNN) A former British spy who saved thousands of Jews from death in Nazi Germany will be honored with a statue in his memory on Tuesday.

Frank Foley, a former officer with the Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6, who served in both World Wars, saved more than 10,000 people from the Nazis during his time working in Berlin.

Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, will unveil the statue in Stourbridge, the West Midlands English town where Foley died in 1958.

Working under cover as a passport control officer, Foley provided visas to Jews who were being persecuted by the Nazis. His work led MI6 to declare him a "true British hero."

"Frank Foley did not carry out his work for personal gain; he did not do it for national recognition. Indeed, many of those he saved knew nothing of the quiet, unassuming British man at the consulate who saved them," a January statement from the spy agency said.

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