HEROINES OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE – LISE MARIE JEANETTE DE BAISSAC MBE, CdeG

 

She was Mauritian born

But served as an agent for the SOE

Under the codenames Odile,

Irène, Marguerite and Adèle

Lise was one of the first female agents

Parachuted into occupied France

For the first time in September 1942

Operating as part of the Scientist circuit

She was in France more often than not

Where she gathered intelligence

To be transmitted to the SOE

Until liberated by the Americans

After the war she was awarded an MBE

A Croix de Guerre and was appointed

A Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur

She died on 29^th March 2004

At her home in Marseille, aged 98