Eileen Nearne died on September 2ond. She was a heroine of World War II who worked a radio transmitter during the D-Day invasion from behind enemy lines in France at the young age of 23 (Heroine) providing crucial information to the Allies. She was captured and tortured by the Germans in July of 1944. When the Germans couldn’t break Ms. Nearne they sent her to Ravensbruck concentration camp. She escaped and was liberated by American Forces. Eileen Nearne was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire. Never divulging information about her wartime service to any neighbors in Torquay, the seaside town in Devon where she lived until her death, Ms. Nearne’s exploits will I hope be celebrated now. She sure was something. RIP, Eileen.
Wow, that sounds like quite a lady. I'm not surprised she didn't speak about it. She lived in a time when doing so would get you and others killed. May she rest in peace.
ReplyDeleteHer escape from a concentration camp would probably overshadow most fiction novels. As you say, Jordan - quite a lady... and then some.
ReplyDeleteHer story might make a pretty good movie, better than a lot of the dreck we get these days.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, Charles.
ReplyDeleteNow that's my idea of a heroine. What a brave, remarkable woman--and imagine the stories she could've told!
ReplyDeleteBless her.
Yes indeed, Raine. Many of her days working in occupied France equates to a lifetime of danger anywhere else. Her escape from a concentration camp after capture would have been of epic proportions.
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