HEROINES OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE - SONYA JULIET ESMÉE FLORENCE BUTT MBE

 

Sonya was English born

And served as an agent for the SOE

She was Codenamed “Blanche”

And only a few days before D-Day

Sonya was parachuted into France

To operate as a courier in Le Mans

For the Headmaster network

Injuring her shoulder on arrival

She was the youngest agent of either sex

Sent by the SOE to work in France

Her work and bravery were recognised

With the award of the MBE 

And she was Mentioned in Dispatches

While the French made her

A Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur

For her actions while in Le Mans

After the war she and her husband

Fellow SOE Agent Guy D'Artois

Made a life for themselves in Canada

Her husband died in March 1999 and Sonya

Died on December 21^st 2014, aged 90