She was English born
And served as an agent for the SOE
In September 1943 “Alice”
Was arrested by the Gestapo
Sent, first to a
prison in Lyon
Then transported to Fresnes Prison
And interrogated and brutalized repeatedly
She was then transferred to Germany
To be imprisoned at Ravensbrück
Where she was held until,
Her name was called out one morning
In February 1945,
And she was taken to the gas chambers.
As far as the British were concerned
She was only missing
And she was mentioned in despatches
She was posthumously awarded an MBE
(later withdrawn due to the policy on posthumous awards)
She was awarded the Croix de Guerre 1939-1945
And is commemorated on the Tempsford Memorial
In the Bedfordshire village of Tempsford
Also, on the Valençay SOE Memorial “Roll of Honour”
In the French town of Valençay.
And is also recorded on the FANY memorial
At St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
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