- SURNAME
Leigh
- FORENAME
Vera Eugenie
- UNIT
F Section SOE
- RANK
Ensign
- NUMBER
F/15
- DATE OF DEATH
6th July 1944
- AGE
41
- GRAVESITE
Brookwood Memorial,Surrey Panel 26 Column 3
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Women's Transport Service (F.A.N.Y.)
born 17.3.1903 Leeds,Yorkshire
daughter of Mrs Albert Clark (formerly Leigh)
adopted daughter of H.Eugene Leigh,U.S.A.
half brother of V.A.D.Clark (also served with SOE)
employed in haute couture hat shop in civilian life
"Dead keen and the best shot in the group" (SOE instructor)
codename Simone
Inventor Circuit (Prosper sub-circuit) (courier)
award K.C.B.C.
arrested 30.10.1943
executed Natzweiler-Struthof,Alsace
F Section Memorial,Valencay,France
DATE OF DEATH:
06-Jul-1944AWARD:
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