Eileen Nearne

Description: ('Special Operations Executive' Agent During the Second Worlld War)
Eileen Mary "Didi" Nearne MBE, Croix de Guerre, known by her codename "Rose," was a brave member of the UK's Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. She served as a radio operator and played a crucial role in espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied France. Nearne supported resistance groups by supplying them with weapons and equipment airdropped from England. Despite being captured and imprisoned in Ravensbrück concentration camp by the Germans, she showed incredible resilience and determination, eventually making it through the war.

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Birthday March 15, 1921 (Pisces)
Born In London, England
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Died on September 2, 2010
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