The Anonymous Widower

Carve Her Name With Pride

I was walking along the Albert Embankment yesterday opposite the Houses of Parliament, when I saw this statue.

SOE Memorial

It is of Violette Szabo GC, who was one of the  best known of the 170 SOE agents who went to France to as Churchill put it “Set Europe Ablaze”.  117 of those sent died including thirteen women. Violette Szabo was just 23, when she was executed in Ravensbruck.

A film was made about Violette in 1958 called Carve Her Name With Pride starring Virginia McKenna.  Hence the title of this post.

July 2, 2011 - Posted by AnonW | World | Films, London, Second World War