HEROINES OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE - MARGUERITE “PEGGY” DIANA FRANCES KNIGHT, MBE, CdeG, MoF

 

Peggy was born in France

But served as an agent for the SOE

And was Codenamed “Nicole”

She parachuted into France

After only one practice jump

And parachuted into Vichy France

Where Knight worked as a courier 

For the SOE's Donkeyman network

Following the D-Day landings

She crossed back and forth

Between battle lines several times,

Carrying intelligence and information

She also participated directly in an attack

By the French resistance on a German convoy

Later she narrowly escaped capture

And probable execution when she

When a group of resistance fighters

Were betrayed by one of their number

Knight was one of about 30 fighters

Who managed to fight their way out

After the war she was awarded an MBE

A Croix de Guerre and a Medal of Freedom