But was English born
And served as an agent
for the SOE
In October 1943
“Simone”
Was arrested by the
Gestapo
Along with other members of her group
Then
transported to Fresnes Prison
And interrogated and brutalized repeatedly
Before being sent to Karlsruhe in Germany,
With several other captured SOE agents
But was
ultimately taken to
The Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in France
Where on the
6th July 1944,
Along with
three other agents
She was taken
to the crematorium
After being
beaten senseless
They were
burned alive in the crematorium.
As far as the
British were concerned
She was only
missing
And she was mentioned in despatches
She was
posthumously awarded
A Kings Commendation for
Brave Conduct
And
is commemorated on the Tempsford Memorial
In the Bedfordshire village of Tempsford
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.
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