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Odette Marie Léonie Céline Hallowes, GC, MBE (née Brailly; 28 April 1912 – 13 March 1995), also known as Odette Churchill and Odette Sansom, code named Lise, was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during the Second World War.
- Lieutenant
- Second World War
- 1942–1945
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21 de mar. de 1995 · Odette Hallowes, a British agent tortured by the Gestapo in World War II and the first woman awarded the George Cross, died at her home in Walton-on-Thames on March 13. She was 82.
14 de may. de 2020 · Odette Hallowes has a story unlike anyone else. Also known as Odette Sansom and Odette Churchill, she served in the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. The SOE conducted espionage and sabotage operations, and aided local resistance movements in occupied Europe.
Odette Hallowes, The Times (17th March 1975) Female SOE Agents in the Second World War.
15 de ene. de 2019 · Odette’s medals can be seen today in her special display at the Imperial War Museum. Odette, who by that time had married her third husband and become Odette Hallowes, died in 1995 at the...
1 de mar. de 2024 · Also known by her married names of Odette Churchill and Odette Hallowes, she was captured, interrogated and tortured, and in July 1944, sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp in Germany. She endured months of solitary confinement and death threats, but revealed nothing. Discover her unique story below. Odette joins SOE.
Odette Sansom Hallowes (1912 – 1995) was born in Amiens, France, to a bank manager who left his job when World War I broke out to join an infantry regiment on the Western Front. A courageous and brave soldier, Odette’s father, Gaston Brailly, was promoted to sergeant, and earned the Croix de Guerre and the Medaille Militaire.
