| Lilian Rolfe | |
|---|---|
| April 26, 1914 – February 5, 1945 | |
| Nickname | Nadine |
| Place of birth | Paris, France |
| Place of death | Ravensbrück concentration camp, Germany |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom, France |
| Service/branch | WAAF, Special Operations Executive |
| Years of service | 1944-1945 |
| Rank | Assistant Section Officer / Field agent (Wirelss Operator) |
| Commands held | Historian |
| Awards | MBE, Croix de Guerre (avec Palme), Mentioned in Dispatches |
Lilian Vera Rolfe (April 26, 1914, Paris, France - February 5, 1945, Ravensbrück, Germany) was a heroine of World War II. Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Ravensbrück (ʁaːvənsˈbʁʏk was a notorious women's Concentration camp during in World War II, located in northern Germany 90 km north of Berlin The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Special Operations Executive ( SOE) (sometimes referred to as "the Baker Street Irregulars " after Sherlock Holmes ' fictional group of helpers These are the networks, also known as circuits, (or réseaux to their French participants established in France by F Section of the British Special Operations The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The Croix de Guerre (sometimes lowercase in French Croix de guerre, meaning "Cross of War" is a military decoration of both France and Mentioned in Despatches (MID is a Military award for gallantry or otherwise commendable service Events 1467 - The miraculous image in Our Lady of Good Counsel appear in Genazzano, Italy. Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Ravensbrück (ʁaːvənsˈbʁʏk was a notorious women's Concentration camp during in World War II, located in northern Germany 90 km north of Berlin Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
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Background
A twin to sister Helen Fedora Rolfe, she was the daughter of George Rolfe, a British chartered accountant working in Paris. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Although she grew up in Paris, as a young girl, she frequently visited her grandparents who lived on Paulet Road in London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. At the age of sixteen, her family moved to Brazil where she finished her schooling. |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
War Work
At the onset of World War II, Lilian Rolfe worked at the British Embassy in Rio de Janeiro before going to London, England in 1943 to join the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Because of her fluency in the French language, she was recruited into the Special Operations Executive (SOE) where she was trained as a wireless operator. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The Special Operations Executive ( SOE) (sometimes referred to as "the Baker Street Irregulars " after Sherlock Holmes ' fictional group of helpers
SOE Mission
On April 5, 1944, Lilian Rolfe was dropped near the city of Orléans in occupied France, where she was deployed to work with the "Historian" network run by George Wilkinson. Events 456 - St Patrick returns to Ireland as a missionary bishop Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the French city of Orléans for other meanings see Orleans (disambiguation. Her job was to transmit Maquis and other important radio messages to London from various locales in the area. The Maquis (ma'ki were the predominantly rural guerrilla bands of the French Resistance. Beyond her wireless duties, that included reporting on Nazi troop movements and organizing arms and supply drops, she actively participated in missions with members of the French Resistance against the German occupiers and was involved in a gun battle in the small town of Olivet just south of Orléans. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German The French Resistance is the collective name used for the French Resistance movements which fought against the Nazi German Nazi Germany and the Third Reich are the common English names for Germany under the regime of Adolf Hitler and the National Socialist German Workers
Following the D-Day landings, an increasingly aggressive manhunt by the Gestapo led to the arrest of her superior officer. D-Day may also refer to Decimal Day in the United Kingdom. D-Day is a term often used in Military parlance to denote The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany Nonetheless, Lilian Rolfe continued to work in constant danger until her arrest at a transmitting house in Nargis on July 31, 1944. Nargis is a commune of the Loiret département, in France. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Transported to Fresnes prison in Paris, she was interrogated repeatedly and brutally tortured until August 1944 when she was shipped to Ravensbrück concentration camp. Fresnes Prison ( Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes) is the second largest Prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ravensbrück (ʁaːvənsˈbʁʏk was a notorious women's Concentration camp during in World War II, located in northern Germany 90 km north of Berlin According to an admission made by a German officer after the war’s end, she was so ill that she could not walk. On February 5, 1945, 30-year-old Lilian Rolfe was executed by the Germans and her body disposed of in the crematorium. Events 1576 - Henry of Navarre converts to Roman Catholicism in order to ensure his right to the throne of France. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Cremation is the act of reducing a Corpse by burning, generally in a crematorium furnace or crematory fire
At Ravensbrück were three other female members of the SOE who were also executed: Denise Bloch, Cecily Lefort, and Violette Szabo. Denise Madeleine Bloch (died 1945 Ravensbrück, Germany) was a British secret agent in World War II. Cecily Margot Lefort (30 April 1900 &ndash February 1945 was a figure of World War II. Violette Reine Elizabeth Bushell Szabo, GC (26 June 1921 &ndash c
Honours & Decorations
In England, Lilian Rolfe is recorded on the Runnymede Memorial in Surrey. The Air Forces Memorial, or Runnymede Memorial, near Egham, Surrey, England is a memorial dedicated to some 20456 men and women from the Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. The "Lilian Rolfe House" at the Vincennes Estate, Lambeth was dedicated to her memory. Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth, although the area is now more commonly known as Waterloo, after the railway station whose viaduct separates the In her honor, the government of France posthumously awarded her the Croix de Guerre and in the town of Montargis in the Loiret département where she had been active during the war, a street was named using her alias: "Rue Claudie Rolfe. The Croix de Guerre (sometimes lowercase in French Croix de guerre, meaning "Cross of War" is a military decoration of both France and Montargis is a commune of the Loiret département in France. The town is located about 110 km south of Paris and 70km east Loiret is a department in north-central France named after the Loiret River. " As one of the SOE agents who died for the liberation of France, she is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on the Valençay SOE Memorial in the town of Valençay, in the Indre departément of France. The Valençay SOE Memorial is a monument to the members of the Special Operations Executive F Section who lost their lives for the liberation of France Valençay is a commune in the Indre department in central France. Indre is a department in the center of France named after the Indre River.
References
- Squadron Leader Beryl E. Squadron Leader is a commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force and the air forces of many countries which have historical British influence Escott, Mission Improbable: A salute to the RAF women of SOE in wartime France, London, Patrick Stevens Limited, 1991. ISBN 1-85260-289-9
- Liane Jones, A Quiet Courage: Women Agents in the French Resistance, London, Transworld Publishers Ltd, 1990. ISBN 0-593-01663-7
- Marucs Binney, The Women Who Lived for Danger: The Women Agents of SOE in the Second World War, London, Hodder and Stoughton, 2002. ISBN 0-340-81840-9
- Sarah Helm, A Life in Secrets: The Story of Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOE, London, Abacus, 2005 ISBN 978-0-349-11936-6
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