Plaque | War dead | WW2

Violette Szabo home

Inscription

Violette Szabo, GC, 1921 - 1945, secret agent, lived here.
She gave her life for the French Resistance.
Greater London Council

SW9, Burnley Road, 18

Szabo lived here 1932-42.

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Violette Szabo home

French resistance fighters in WW2. 470 SOE agents were sent on sabotage missi...

British secret agent in WW2. Born in Paris as Violette Bushell of a French mo...

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Violette Szabo home

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Our image comes from Paradise Memorial Garden. SarfLondonDunc informs that the plaque's absence was noticed by someone on 18 Nov 2009, ...

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Thomas Park F.S.A. "The poetical antiquary", born 1759, died 1834, and his son, John James Park, author of the first History of Hampstead...

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This plaque apparently was removed from the house when it was demolished; Ornamental Passions says it came off a garden entrance. The fa...

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