1. A series of Women at War about brave and extraordinary women who served in WW2. Odette Marie Leonie Celine Brailly GC, MBE was born 28th April 1912, Amiens, France. She was the daughter of Emma Rose Marie Yvonne Quennehen and Florentin Eugene Brailly. #WW2 #SOE #FANY - ThreadSky

doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social • 4 days ago

1. A series of Women at War about brave and extraordinary women who served in WW2.
Odette Marie Leonie Celine Brailly GC, MBE was born 28th April 1912, Amiens, France. She was the daughter of Emma Rose Marie Yvonne Quennehen and Florentin Eugene Brailly. #WW2 #SOE #FANY

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doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social•4 days ago

2. She was also known as Odette Churchill, and Odette Sansom. Her code name was Lise. She would become an agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during WW2. #WW2 #SOE #FANY

doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social•4 days ago

3. She was the first woman to be awarded the George Cross by the UK and was awarded the Legion d’Honneur by France. #WW2 #SOE

doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social•4 days ago

4. She used the surname Sansom as she was married to Roy Patrick Sansom in 1931.
As cover for her secret work, Sansom was enrolled in the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) and was trained to be sent into Nazi-occupied France to work with the French Resistance. #WW2 #FANY #SOE

doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social•4 days ago

5. She landed in France in November 1942 to work as a courier with the Spindle Works (or circuits) headed by Peter Churchill (whom later she married). In 1943 to evade arrest she and Peter moved their operations to Annecy in the French Alps. #WW2 #SOE

doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social•4 days ago

6. They were both arrested there on 16th April 1943. At Fresnes Prison Odette was interrogated by the Gestapo 14 times was subject to torture. Her back was scorched with a red-hot poker and all of her toenails were pulled out. She refused to disclose the whereabouts of the other agents. #WW2

doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social•4 days ago

7. In June 1943, Sansom was condemned to death on two counts, to which she responded, "Then you will have to make up your mind on what count I am to be executed, because I can only die once." #WW2

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