HEROINES OF THE SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE - JACQUELINE NEARNE MBE

 

She was English born

And served as an agent for the SOE

She was Codenamed “Josette”

Early on a January night in 1943

She was parachuted into France

to operate as a courier in the north

For the Stationer network

Remained in France until April 1944,

When the same Westland Lysander

That dropped off younger sister Eileen

Returned Jacqueline to England

After the war she was awarded an MBE

She died in London on 15 August 1982