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A Spur Called Courage: SOE Heroes in Italy
By Alan Ogden
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By Bill Goshen
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 30524" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Cormeau </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Beatrice Yvonne (nee Biesterfeld) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>F Section SOE </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Flight Officer </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>9903 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Member of the British Empire,Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur (Fr),Croix de Guerre (Fr) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>France 1943-44 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Women's Auxiliary Air Force</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 18.12.1909 Shanghai,China</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Belgian father,Scottish mother</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Belgium and Scotland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Charles Edouard Emile Cormeau 1937</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband WIA with Rifle Brigade November 1940 and shortly after killed in London</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>bombing</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>joined WAAF November 1941 as 2027172 ACW</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAF Innsworth</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>RAF Swinderby</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>joined SOE 15.2.1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>SOE 1943-45</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>codename Annette</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Wheelwright Circuit (w/t op)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>also awarded Medaille de la Resistance (France)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 25.12.1997</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>IMAGES:</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/y-cormeau.48/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/48-60d641d653f6243778146c51381e63ec.jpg?1591382936" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/y-cormeau.30575/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/30/30575-1f7830535bd18b0fc1bde6242543f408.jpg?1591435185" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="John Robertson, post: 30524, member: 1"] [LIST] [*][B]SURNAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Cormeau [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]FORENAME[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Beatrice Yvonne (nee Biesterfeld) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]UNIT[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]F Section SOE [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]RANK[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Flight Officer [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]NUMBER[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]9903 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]AWARD[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]Member of the British Empire,Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur (Fr),Croix de Guerre (Fr) [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]PLACE[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]France 1943-44 [/I][/INDENT] [LIST] [*][B]ADDITIONAL INFORMATION[/B] [/LIST] [INDENT][I]parent unit Women's Auxiliary Air Force[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]born 18.12.1909 Shanghai,China[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Belgian father,Scottish mother[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]educated Belgium and Scotland[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]married Charles Edouard Emile Cormeau 1937[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]husband WIA with Rifle Brigade November 1940 and shortly after killed in London[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]bombing[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]joined WAAF November 1941 as 2027172 ACW[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]RAF Innsworth[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]RAF Swinderby[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]joined SOE 15.2.1943[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]SOE 1943-45[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]codename Annette[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Wheelwright Circuit (w/t op)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]also awarded Medaille de la Resistance (France)[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]died 25.12.1997[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][/INDENT] [INDENT][B]IMAGES:[/B][/INDENT] [INDENT][URL='http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/y-cormeau.48/'][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/0/48-60d641d653f6243778146c51381e63ec.jpg?1591382936[/IMG][/URL] [URL="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/y-cormeau.30575/"][IMG]http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/30/30575-1f7830535bd18b0fc1bde6242543f408.jpg?1591435185[/IMG][/URL][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]
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