Louise de Bettignies | |
|---|---|
 Louise de Bettignies before the war | |
| Born | 15 July 1880 Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, France |
| Died | 27 September 1918 (aged 38) Cologne, Germany |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Espionage |
Louise Marie Jeanne Henriette de Bettignies (French pronunciation: [lwiz maʁi ʒan ɑ̃ʁjɛt də betiɲi]; 15 July 1880 - 27 September 1918) was a French secret agent who spied on the Germans for the British during World War I using the pseudonym of Alice Dubois.[1]
She was arrested in October 1915 and imprisoned, dying shortly before the end of the war in captivity.
She was posthumously awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honour, the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 with palm, and the British Military Medal, and she was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
- ^ Alison Fell (27 October 2014). "Viewpoint: Why are so few WW1 heroines remembered?". BBC News. Retrieved 27 October 2014.