SOE Nearne, Eileen Mary (Didi)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Nearne ​

• FORENAME

Eileen Mary (Didi) ​

• UNIT

F Section ​

• RANK

Lieutenant ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Member of the Order of the British Empire,Croix de Guerre (Fr) ​

• PLACE

France 1944 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

parent unit Women's Transport Service (FANY)​

born 15.3.1921 France​

daughter of John and Marie (nee de Plazoala) Nearne​

joined SOE September 1942​

SOE Base Signals Section 1943​

F Section​

Wizard Circuit (w/t op)​

codenames Rose and Pioneer​

arrested 22.7.1944​

escaped from Markleberg 5.4.1945​

died 2.9.2010 Lisburne Square, Torquay, Devon, England ​

London Gazette 37473, 15th February 1946, Page 1015​

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