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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 30474" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Sansom </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Odette Marie Celine (nee Brailly) </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>Ensign </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>George Cross,Member of the British Empire,Chevalier de la Legion dHonneur (France) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>France 1942-43 </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 Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 28.4.1912 Amiens,Somme,France</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>daughter of Gaston Brailly (KIA 1918)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Convent of Ste Therese,Amiens</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Roy Sansom,London (3 daughters) (married 1931)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband died during war</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>joined SOE 1941 (approx)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>codename Lise</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Spindle Circuit (courier)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>arrested April 1943</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>survived Ravensbruck (liberated May 1945)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awarded Croix de Guerre also in one account</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Peter Churchill 1947 (dissolved 1956)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Geoffrey Hallowes 1956 (died 2006)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 13.3.1995 Walton-on-Thames,Surrey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Burvale Cemetery,Hersham,Surrey</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/o-sansom.4931/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/4/4931-618b986662ed497a9c673d6753d01fe5.jpg?1591384168" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/o-sansom.22502/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/22/22502-c3b2bdfeba5e8a158391d61250e4d506.jpg?1591401313" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/o-sansom.22503/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/22/22503-86c88c8147dc63d49beee28276387e57.jpg?1591401313" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/o-sansom.11331/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/11/11331-555182e341b059046f6229b0fff2b626.jpg?1591390064" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/o-sansom-grave.13528/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/13/13528-174895496583b4550de765d19f8357e7.jpg?1591398914" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/o-sansom.13529/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/13/13529-511db1e311ac46fb887946aed2786dee.jpg?1591398914" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/o-sansom.25833/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/25/25833-da94234f06e86c77f00a0d3cad522fde.jpg?1591433324" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/o-sansom.5435/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/5/5435-2ffb1be9b0448d3815acc322162622b3.jpg?1591384295" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/o-sansom.5436/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/5/5436-948559ee384eecdad5c5075c75ec3252.jpg?1591384296" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/o-sansom.5678/" target="_blank"><img 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