Very early #OnThisDay, 6 Apr 1944, Lillian Rolfe and Violette Szabo separately arrive in occupied France to work for the British Special Operations Executive (SEO). Rolfe is a wireless operator, Szabo a courier.
Szabo returns to the UK at the end of April but goes back to France in June 1944 and is captured. Rolfe is captured in July 1944.
They are executed together, by shooting, in Ravensbrück concentration camp in Feb 1945.
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There is a small museum in memory of Violet Szabo in Wormelow, near the Wales/England border. Established by Rosemary Rigby, Violet's aunt.
I keep meaning to go, living only 30 minutes drive away but the opening hours are very restricted.
THE ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES ASSOCIATION – Formerly the Special Forces Association – UK is dedicated to creating the ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES MEMORIAL GROVE at the NATIONAL MEMORIAL ARBORETUM which will commemorate the men and women who sadly lost their lives whilst serving with ALLIED SPECIAL FORCES during World War 2 and in the Conflicts since
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