SIS Lindell, Mary Ghita (Comtesse de Milleville)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Lindell ​

• FORENAME

Mary Ghita (Comtesse de Milleville) ​

• UNIT

MI9 ​

• RANK

Civilian ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Mention in Despatches,Kings Commendation for Bravery ​

• PLACE

France 1942-44 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1895 Sutton,Surrey​

VAD nurse 1914​

French Red Cross 1914-18​

awards Order of St Anne (Russia),Croix de Guerre with star (Fr) (both 1917)​

married Comte de Milleville (3 children)​

resided 2 Rue Erlanger,Auteuil,France 1939​

French Red Cross 1939-40​

Resistance 1940-41​

arrested 1941​

escaped November 1941​

to England July 1942​

MI9 1942​

codename Marie-Claire​

alias Comtesse de Moncy​

to France 1942​

arrested 1943​

badly injured and wounded trying to escape from train​

sent to Ravensbruck 1944​

released 25.4.1945​

biography "No Drums...No Trumpets" (Barry Wynne) 1961​

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