Friday, 27 June 2025

HEROINES OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE - ANNE-MARIE WALTERS MBE, CdG, MdlR

 

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

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HEROINES OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE - ANNE-MARIE WALTERS MBE, CdG, MdlR

  She was born in Switzerland But worked for the French Resistance Under the Codename “Colette” From January 1944 until August 1944 ...