HEROINES OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE - ELAINE MARIE MADDEN CdG

 

Elaine was born in Belgium

But served as an agent for the SOE

She escaped to France after Belgium fell

And managed to get to England

With evacuating troops from Dunkirk

After working with the WVS and ARP

She was recruited at the start of 1944

To work with SOE’s Belgian section

Elaine parachuted back into Belgium

After her training in August 1944

In order to gather intelligence

On V1 and V2 rocket launch sites

And to arrange the escape to Britain

Of Prince Charles of Belgium

She was in Brussels for the liberation

Elaine was Mentioned in Despatches

In 1945 for her service with SOE

And later she was awarded

The Belgian Croix de Guerre