Eliane Plewman | |
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Birth name | Eliane Sophie Browne-Bartroli |
Nickname(s) | Gaby, Dean, Madame Dupont (SOE codenames) Eliane Jacqueline Prunier (SOE alias) |
Born | Marseille, France | 6 December 1917
Died | 13 September 1944 Dachau concentration camp, Bavaria Nazi Germany | (aged 26)
Buried | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service | Special Operations Executive |
Years of service | 1943–1944 |
Rank | Ensign |
Service number | F/23 |
Unit | Monk (SOE) |
Battles / wars | Second World War |
Awards | King's Commendation for Brave Conduct Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 (France) |
Éliane Sophie Plewman (6 December 1917 – 13 September 1944) was a British agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and a member of the French Resistance working as a courier for the "MONK circuit" in occupied France during World War II. SOE's objective was to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance against the Axis Powers, especially Nazi Germany in occupied Europe and to aid local resistance movements. Plewman was captured by the Gestapo, and later executed by the SS in Dachau.