Five Female S,O,E, Agents from WW2?

Question

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Answer 1

Madeleine Damerment
Emile Garry
Vera Leigh
Sonia Olschanezky
Lilian Rolfe

Answer 2

Andrée Borrel,
Vera Leigh,
Diane Rowden,
Sonia Olschanezky,
Noor Inayat Khan

Answer 3

The well-known story of Violette Szabo, GC. (dramatised in the film "Carve Her Name with Pride" and re-told in the book of the same title); that Odette Churchill said of her"She was the bravest of us all" and that Violette's cousins used to live at "Cartref" at Wormelow are all facts very much to the forefront of the life and dedication of the present owner of that house, Miss Rosemary E. Rigby, MBE.

Over half of First Aid Nursing Yeomanry's total strength was devoted to the work of Special Operations Executive (SOE) during WWII. One of FANYs members was the fiery Violette Szabo (née Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell) ('Louise') who was the half-French daughter of a Brixton motor-car dealer and was said to be the best shot in the SOE. Her husband Etienne Szabo (an Officer of the Free French Forces) was killed at El Alamein shortly after their daughter, Tania (Tanya in some reports) was born. Devastated by the death of her husband Violette willingly volunteered for duty in France. On her first mission she was teamed with Philippe Liéwer, ('Clément') a former correspondent of the Havas news Agency. They went by Lysander to a spot near Paris and her task was to make a study of Resistance possibilities in the Rouen area, a task which she completed notwithstanding having to explain her movements to French police who had arrested her. She was freed and made her way back to Paris and requested a pick up - it is related that she shopped on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées for presents for her daughter to be given to her on arrival in England! Her second para drop into France took place on 10th June near Limoges immediately after the Normandy landings and whilst giving covering fire to a French Maquis leader ('Anastasie') she fought in a gun battle (using a Sten gun) with Germans until her ammunition was exhausted. She was incarcerated in Ravensbrück and after horrifying experiences was (with others) shot in 1945. One of the survivors of this infamous camp described her as outstanding amongst the thousands of women there.

Mme. Szabo was posthumously awarded her George Cross in 1946 and it was received from the King by her 4-year old daughter.

Answer 4

Very interesting responses.

Answer 5

There's some more information and links at
http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/C/charlotte_gray/fom.html