Inscription
Violette Szabo, GC, 1921 - 1945, secret agent, lived here.
She gave her life for the French Resistance.
Greater London Council
Site: Violette Szabo home (1 memorial)
SW9, Burnley Road, 18
Szabo lived here 1932-42.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Violette Szabo home
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French Resistance / The Maquis
French resistance fighters in WW2. 470 SOE agents were sent on sabotage missi...
Violette Szabo, GC, CdeG
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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Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could...
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