Tuesday, 24 June 2025

HEROINES OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE - CICELY MARGOT LEFORT née GORDON, CdeG

 

Cicely was born in England

And served as an agent for the SOE

Lefort arrived in France in June 1943

And was Codenamed “Alice”

Operating as a courier,

For the SOE's Jockey network

She was also known as “Teacher”,

And Cecile Marguerite Legrand

Despite being shy and frail

She behaved very courageously

Until being arrested by the Gestapo

In September 1943 and deported

To Ravensbrück concentration camp,

Where she was later executed

And her body then immediately

Burned in the crematorium

She received a Mentioned in Despatches

For her courageous services

And was posthumously awarded

By the government of France

With a Croix de Guerre

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