Most highly decorated Norwegian of WWII.įANY, Codename : Louise, parachuted into France in April 1944, Killed at Ravensbrück concentration camp with Lilian Rolfe and Denise BlochĮxecuted by a firing squad on November 7, 1944, in Budapest Organised sabotage by Oslo Gang in 1944–45. Member of Norwegian resistance movement from 1940. Olav, Norwegian Police Cross of Honour, Norwegian Defence Cross of Honour, Defence Medal 1940–1945 with rosette, Haakon VII 70th Anniversary Medal, Medal of Freedom with silver palm etc. ĭSO, 1939–45 Star, War Cross with three Swords, Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Known associate of Adrian Gallegos and Major Jim Davies. Captured and tortured in April 1945, by the SS, but gave up nothing. Participated in Operation SILENTIA and GRATIOT. KIA at Natzweiler-Struthof concentration campĬourier, Died in service of typhus at Bergen-Belsen concentration campĬaptured and executed in Dachau concentration camp.īetter known by her pseudonym Christine Granville ĬLNAI partisan from 1943, recruited into SOE and SIM February 1945 as head of the Modena area. Wireless Operator, KIA at Ravensbrück concentration camp with Violette Szabo and Denise Bloch Liaison officer with the partisans in AlbaniaĬaptured and executed at Gross-Rosen concentration camp in 1944 according to Maurice Buckmaster speaking in person in the opening scene of 1950 film Odette. Ĭourier, Codename : 'Gaby', 'Dean', 'Madame Dupont'/ Agent Monk, parachuted into France on the night of 13/14 August 1943, arrested and tortured by Gestapo in March 1944, transferred to Dachau with Yolande Beekman and Madeleine Damerment, killed at Dachau concentration camp. MM, MiD, Norwegian War Cross with two swords His mother was captured and tortured, but never revealed what she knew. Parachuted into France near Limoges in April 1944. SOE parachute commander from 1943 to 1945 KIA at Gross-Rosen concentration campĬomte Jacques-Arthus Marc de Montalembert DSO, MC & Bar, War Cross with two swords, Defence Medal 1940–1945 (with rosette),
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