- SURNAME
Rowden
- FORENAME
Diana Hope
- UNIT
F Section SOE
- RANK
Section Officer
- NUMBER
4193
- DATE OF DEATH
6th July 1944
- AGE
29
- GRAVESITE
Runnymede Memorial,Surrey Panel 243
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
parent unit Women's Auxiliary Air Force
born 31.1.1915 London
daughter of late Major Aldred Clement and Christian (nee Maitland-Makgill-Chrichton) Rowden,Binsted,Hampshire (or Hadlow Down,near Mayfield,Hampshire in one source)
resided with mother at Cornwall Mews West,Kensington,London SW 7
resided Berkhamstead in other source
joined WAAF 5.9.1941 as officer
joined SOE 18.3.1943
awards M.B.E.,Mention in Despatches,Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur,Croix de Guerre (France)
codename Paulette
Acrobat Circuit (courier)
arrested 17.11.1943
executed Natzweiler-Struthof,Alsace
F Section Memorial,Valencay,France
DATE OF DEATH:
06-Jul-1944AWARD:
https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?threads/rowden-diana-hope.30210/
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