She was born in Switzerland
But
worked for the French Resistance
Under
the Codename “Colette”
From
January 1944 until August 1944
She
operated as a courier
Working
in southwestern France
For
the Wheelwright network,
When
she arrived in France,
Anne-Marie
was Twenty-years old,
She
was almost the youngest
Female
agent in the field for SOE
After
the war she was awarded
An
MBE, a Croix de Guerre,
And
Médaille de la Résistance
She
died October 2nd, 1998, aged 75
Yvonne was born in France
And served as
an agent for the SOE
Under
the codename “Jacqueline”,
She
was the first female
SOE-trained
agent to go to France
Sailing
from Gibraltar to Cannes
On
board a felucca called Seadog
Arriving
on July 30th 1942
Once
there she was a courier
For
the Prosper or Physician network
Before
joining the Monkeypuzzle circuit
After
Prosper was infiltrated
In
June 1943 she was captured
After
being shot in the head
By
the Germans and imprisoned.
She
died of typhus in April 1945
At
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
A
few days after the camp was liberated
She
was posthumously awarded an MBE
Maureen was born in Ireland
And served as an agent for the
SOE
Under
the Codename “Simone”
She
was also known as Josette
And
Micheline Marcelle Simonet,
Operating
as Wireless operator,
For
the SOE Fireman network
She
parachuted into France
On
a foggy night in March 1944
And
survived after landing heavily
But
was temporarily concussed,
She
operated around Limoge
With
great success until returning
To
England October 5th 1944
After
the War she was made a member
Of
the Order of the British Empire
And
was awarded a Croix de Guerre
Sonia was a German born Jew
And served as
an agent for the SOE
After
working for the Resistance
Under
the Codename “Tania”
Also
known as Suzanne Ouvrard,
She
was recruited in France
And
worked as a courier
For
the SOE's Juggler network
Until
her capture on January 21st 1944
After
being interrogated by the Gestapo,
She
was imprisoned at Fresnes Prison
Before
going to the Natzweiler-Struthof
Concentration
camp in France
Where
she was executed July 6th 1944
After
the war she was awarded
The King's
Commendation for Brave Conduct
She was born in France
But served as
an agent for the SOE
And
was Codenamed “Adele”
She
parachuted into France
Near
the village of Saint-Viâtre
On
the day after D-day, in 1944
Jullian
was a wireless operator
Operating
for the Permit network
Working
from a safe house in Chartres,
They
began by arranging for weapons
To
be air-dropped to the resistance fighters
After
the Americans liberated Chartres
She
worked with them as a wireless operator,
Accompanying
the army to Dijon
Before
returning to Britain in September 1944
She
tragically died while in Tahiti
In
a scuba diving accident in 1962
Françoise was French born
But served as
an agent for the SOE
She
was Codenamed “Marguerite”
And
flew by Lysander in March 1943
And
operated as a courier
For
the Prosper network in Paris
With
her husband Jack Agazarian,
Who
did not survive the war,
Francine
served with distinction
And
was Mentioned in Dispatches
For
her actions while in France
She
settled in London after the war
But
lived with the guilt of the survivor
Sonya was English born
And
served as an agent for the SOE
And only a few
days before D-Day
Sonya
was parachuted into France
To operate as a courier in Le Mans
For the Headmaster network
Injuring
her shoulder on arrival
She
was the youngest agent of either sex
Sent
by the SOE to work in France
Her
work and bravery were recognised
With
the award of the MBE
And
she was Mentioned in Dispatches
While
the French made her
A
Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur
For
her actions while in Le Mans
After
the war she and her husband
Fellow
SOE Agent Guy D'Artois
Made
a life for themselves in Canada
Her
husband died in March 1999 and Sonya
Died
on December 21st 2014, aged 90
