| Odette Sansom/Churchill/Hallowes | |
|---|---|
| April 28, 1912 – March 13, 1995 | |
| Nickname | Agent Spindle, Lise |
| Place of birth | Amiens, France |
| Place of death | Walton-on-Thames, Surrey |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom, France |
| Service/branch | Special Operations Executive, French Resistance |
| Years of service | 1942-1944 |
| Rank | Field agent and guerrilla commander |
| Commands held | Spindle |
| Awards | George Cross, Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE), Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur |
| Relations | Peter Churchill |
Odette Marie Celine Sansom, GC, MBE, Chevalier de la légion d'honneur, (April 28, 1912 - March 13, 1995) was an Allied heroine of World War II. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Amiens (amjɛ̃ is a city and commune in northern France, 120 km north of Paris. Walton-On-Thames is a Town in the Elmbridge borough of Surrey in South East England. Surrey is a county in the South East of England and is one of the Home Counties. 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 The French Resistance is the collective name used for the French Resistance movements which fought against the Nazi German 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 George Cross ( GC) is the highest Civil decoration of the Commonwealth of Nations. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Peter Morland Churchill (1909 - 1972 was an SOE officer during the World War II. The George Cross ( GC) is the highest Civil decoration of the Commonwealth of Nations. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1138 - Cardinal Gregorio Conti is elected Antipope as Victor IV, succeeding Anacletus II. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 In general allies are people groups or nations that have joined together in an association for mutual benefit or to achieve some common purpose 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
Odette Marie Celine Brailly was born in Amiens in the Somme département of France. Amiens (amjɛ̃ is a city and commune in northern France, 120 km north of Paris. The Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. In the Terminology of Political geography and Historiography a National department (département departamento is an administrative This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Her father was the First World War hero Gaston Brailly who was killed at Verdun in 1918 when she was six years old. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Verdun (medieval Wirten official name before 1970 Verdun-sur-Meuse) is a city and commune Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common
She met the Englishman Roy Sansom in Bologne and married him in 1931, moving with him to England. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Her husband enlisted in 1940. When the War Office requested all French-born residents of London to supply them with photographs of their home towns, Odette volunteered her family album, which contained many useful depictions of the Channel coast. The War Office was a former department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963 when She joined the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), and was later asked to train under Colonel Maurice Buckmaster of the Special Operations Executive and return to Nazi-occupied France to work with the French underground. The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps (FANY(PRVC - pronounced Fanny) is a British independent all-female unit and Registered Colonel ( RP ˈkɜnəl GA ˈkɜrnəl is a Military rank of a Commissioned officer, with corresponding ranks existing in almost every country Colonel Maurice James Buckmaster OBE (11 January 1902 - 17 April 1992Forest Row Sussex heart failure was the leader of the French section of Special Operations Executive The Special Operations Executive ( SOE) (sometimes referred to as "the Baker Street Irregulars " after Sherlock Holmes ' fictional group of helpers 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 She left her three daughters in the care of her husband.
She made a landing near Cannes in 1942, where she made contact with her supervisor, Peter Churchill. Cannes (kan in Occitan Canas) is a city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Morland Churchill (1909 - 1972 was an SOE officer during the World War II. Using the code name Lise, she brought him funds and acted as his radio operator.
Churchill's operation in France was betrayed by a double agent, and Odette and Churchill were arrested on April 16, 1942 and imprisoned. A split album featuring performances by bands The KGB and Alien Spy that was produced in 1997 Events 1178 BC - A Solar eclipse may have marked the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Under torture by the Gestapo at Fresnes prison in Paris, Odette stuck to her cover story that Churchill was the nephew of Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and that she was Peter's wife. The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany 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 This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC, PC (Can ( 30 November 1874 The hope was that in this way their treatment would be mitigated.
Odette was condemned to death in June 1943 and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp. Ravensbrück (ʁaːvənsˈbʁʏk was a notorious women's Concentration camp during in World War II, located in northern Germany 90 km north of Berlin She survived the war and testified against the prison guards at a 1946 war crimes trial. War crimes are "violations of the laws or customs of war" including but not limited to "murder the ill-treatment or deportation of civilian residents of an occupied
Odette's husband had died during her imprisonment and she married Peter Churchill in 1947. Peter Morland Churchill (1909 - 1972 was an SOE officer during the World War II. They were divorced in 1956.
Her third husband was Geoffrey Hallowes. Geoffrey MacLeod Hallowes ( 15 April 1918 - 25 September 2006) was an officer in the Special Operations Executive (SOE in the
Odette was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) and was the first of three World War II FANY members to be awarded the George Cross (gazetted 20 August 1946). The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. The First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (Princess Royal's Volunteer Corps (FANY(PRVC - pronounced Fanny) is a British independent all-female unit and Registered The George Cross ( GC) is the highest Civil decoration of the Commonwealth of Nations. The London Gazette is one of the official journals of record of the British government, and the most important among such official journals in the UK in which certain Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [1] She remains the only woman to have received the George Cross whilst alive, all other female GC awards to date being posthumous. She was also appointed a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur for her work with the French resistance. [2]
Works Dealing With Her Story
- Odette, a movie made in 1950 starring Anna Neagle. Odette is a movie made in 1950 starring Anna Neagle as Odette Sansom, an Allied French-born heroine of World War II who Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dame Anna Neagle, DBE ( October 20, 1904 &ndash June 3, 1986) was a popular English stage and Motion picture
- Tickell, Jerrard (1949). Odette: The Story of a British Agent. London: Chapman & Hall. .
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