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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Odette Churchill canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Special Operations Executive agent
human
resistance fighter
alsoKnownAs Odette Hallowes
Odette Marie Céline Sansom
Odette Sansom
awardReceived Croix de Guerre
George Cross
linked to: The George Cross

Legion of Honour
linked to: Légion d'honneur

Member of the Order of the British Empire
birthName Odette Marie Céline Brailly
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
ethnicGroup French
familyName Brailly
givenName Odette
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
French
militaryBranch Special Operations Executive
militaryTheater France
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
placeOfDeath Walton-on-Thames
residence United Kingdom
sexOrGender female
spouse Geoffrey Hallowes
Peter Churchill
Roy Sansom
subjectOf Odette (1950 film)
biographies about her wartime service

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Odette Sansom alsoKnownAs Odette Churchill
Odette Hallowes alsoKnownAs Odette Churchill
Odette Sansom alsoKnownAs Odette Churchill
subject linked to: Sansom