Odette Hallowes
(1912-1995)
French resistance member
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Odette Sansom GC, MBE (1912 – 1995), also known as Odette Churchill and Odette Hallowes, code named Lise, was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during the Second World War. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers, especially Germany. SOE agents allied themselves with resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England. Sansom was the first woman to be awarded the George Cross by the United Kingdom and was awarded the Légion d'honneur by France.
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Odette Marie Céline Brailly 28 April 1912 Amiens, Somme, France
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| Died |
13 March 1995 (aged 82) Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK
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| Zodiac | Taurus |
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