Odette Churchill

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Odette Churchill was a celebrated French-born British Special Operations Executive agent during World War II, renowned for her bravery, resistance work in occupied France, and survival of Nazi imprisonment and torture.

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instanceOf Special Operations Executive agent
human
resistance fighter
alsoKnownAs Odette Hallowes NERFINISHED
Odette Marie Céline Sansom NERFINISHED
Odette Sansom NERFINISHED
awardReceived Croix de Guerre NERFINISHED
George Cross NERFINISHED
Légion d'honneur
surface form: Legion of Honour

Member of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED
birthName Odette Marie Céline Brailly NERFINISHED
causeOfNotability bravery as an SOE agent in occupied France
survival of Nazi imprisonment and torture
conflict World War II
countryOfBirth France
countryOfCitizenship France
United Kingdom
countryOfDeath United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1912-04-28
dateOfDeath 1995-03-13
employer Special Operations Executive NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup French
familyName Brailly NERFINISHED
givenName Odette NERFINISHED
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
French
militaryBranch Special Operations Executive NERFINISHED
militaryTheater France NERFINISHED
notableEvent arrest by the Gestapo
imprisonment in Ravensbrück concentration camp
torture by the Gestapo
notableWork resistance work in occupied France
occupation resistance operative
secret agent
spy
placeOfBirth Amiens NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Walton-on-Thames NERFINISHED
residence United Kingdom
sexOrGender female
spouse Geoffrey Hallowes NERFINISHED
Peter Churchill NERFINISHED
Roy Sansom NERFINISHED
subjectOf Odette (1950 film) NERFINISHED
biographies about her wartime service

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Odette Sansom alsoKnownAs Odette Churchill