BELGIUM Daman, Hortense

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Daman ​

• FORENAME

Hortense ​

• UNIT

Belgian Resistance ​

• RANK

Civilian ​

• NUMBER

​

• AWARD

Knight of the Order of Leopold II, Croix de Guerre (Bel), Medal of Resistance ​

• PLACE

Belgium 1944-45 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 12.8.1926 Louvain, Belgium​

elder daughter of Jacques and Stephanie Daman (1894-1954)​

attended school, Louvain Belgian Army of Partisans 1942-43 (courier)​

arrested 14.2.1944 Louvain​

survived Ravensbruck​

1946 married Sydney Thomas Clews (Staff Sergeant, British Army) (1915-1994 predeceased her)​

2 children (Julia, Christopher)​

resided Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire​

1989 biography "Child At War" by Mark Bles​

died 18.12.2006 Aged 80, Newcastle-under-Lyme, England​

Tunstall Cemetery, Tunstall, Staffordshire, England​