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Odette Marie Léonie Céline Brailly was born on 28 April 1912 at 208, rue des Corroyers in Amiens, France; [2] the daughter of Emma Rose Marie Yvonne née Quennehen [a] and Florentin Désiré Eugène 'Gaston' Brailly, [b] a bank manager, killed at Verdun shortly before the Armistice in 1918 and posthumously awarded the Croix de Guerre and Médaille militaire for heroism. [3]
Odette Hallowes, 82, French intelligence officer. [70] William Hulse, 74, American middle-distance runner. Abdul Ali Mazari, 48-49, Afghan warlord and politician ...
Geoffrey MacLeod Hallowes (15 April 1918 – 25 September 2006) was an officer of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. He was the third husband of World War II heroine Odette Sansom (née Brailly); they married in 1956.
Captured and executed at Gross-Rosen concentration camp in 1944 according to Maurice Buckmaster speaking in person in the opening scene of 1950 film Odette. Herbert Maurice Roe: Force 136 1945 SSRF 1942 2 Commando: British: 1917–2014: MM & MiD: Josette Renee Paule Ronserail: SOE - courier and wireless operator: French: 1919-1990
The following is a list of female agents who served in the field for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. SOE's objectives were to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe (and later, also in occupied Southeast Asia) against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements.
Married figure skating champions. A student returning to college after attending a funeral. A lawyer heading home from a work trip on her birthday. Members of a steamfitters union.
“I’m a mess,” he said in a phone interview. “I’m so angry. I don’t even know how to explain this to you. I’m so angry with her for the decision that was made,” he said.
Odette Hallowes GC MBE LdH (28 April 1912 – 13 March 1995), also known as Odette Sansom and Odette Churchill, was a Special Operations Executive agent during the Second World War. She was the first woman to be awarded the George Cross , the only woman to be both awarded the George Cross and appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur , and ...