She was French born
But served as an agent
for the SOE
In February 1944
“Martine”
Was arrested by the
Gestapo
Along with other
members of her group
And the SD
interrogated them at
84 Avenue Foch, their
HQ in Paris
After they had been tortured
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
A Kings Commendation
for Brave Conduct
And a French Croix de
Guerre
A French Chevalier de
la Légion d'honneur
And the Médaille de la
Résistance
She is recorded on the FANY memorial
At St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge
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.
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