She was French born
But served as an agent
for the SOE
In March 1944 “Gaby”
Was arrested by the
Gestapo
Along with other
members of her group
And was brutally interrogated
Before being
sent to Karlsruhe in Germany,
With several other captured SOE agents
But was
ultimately taken to Dachau
Along with
three other agents
And in the
early morning hours
Of 13th
September 1944,
They were shot
in the back of the head
Their bodies
then immediately
Burned in the
crematorium.
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(later withdrawn due to the policy on posthumous awards)
A
Kings Commendation for Brave Conduct
And a French Croix de Guerre with bronze star
She is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial
As one of the SOE agents who died for the liberation of France,
Her name is also
recorded on the Brookwood Memorial
In Surrey as one of
3,500
“To whom war denied a
known and honoured grave”
And on the Valençay
SOE Memorial “Roll of Honour”
In the French town
of Valençay.