Lise de Baissac Military person

Lise Marie Jeanette de Baissac MBE (11 May 1905 – 28 March 2004) was born in Mauritius of French descent and British nationality. She was a heroine of the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War, a special agent who risked her life running her own operations; she was awarded several gallantry awards after the war.

Personal facts

Birth dateMay 11, 1905
Birth place
Mauritius
Date of deathMarch 28, 2004

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allegianceUnited Kingdom France
military branch
Special Operations Executive
First Aid Nursing Yeomanry
military unit
SOE F Section networks
relation
Claude de Baissac
service start1942
service end1944

Lise de Baissac on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.spartacus-educational.com/SOEbaissac.htm
  2. http://www.specialforcesroh.com/browse.php?mode=viewiaward&awardid=2310
  3. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1458206/Lise-Villameur.html
  4. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article822813.ece