Born Louise Ruth Wolpert. As a teenager she joined the Communist Party, in her early twenties she collected money in France and England to help political refugees in Germany, escape the Nazis. In 1934 she married Bertie Coker a fellow Communist. It was a marriage of convenience for a new nationality and legal residence outside Germany, where her activities with the Communists put her at risk of arrest and execution by the Gestapo. Her second marriage was to Peter Haden-Guest. Their son, Anthony Haden-Guest was born in 1937. Elisabeth was in France when war broke out. She made her way to Marseilles, where she joined MI9 and helped those opposed to the Germans to escape occupied France. Her group was betrayed and after her release she returned to London. She spent the rest of the war on the Devon estate of her third husband, Pat Furse.
Born Louise Ruth Wolpert. As a teenager she joined the Communist Party, in her early twenties she collected money in France and England to help political refugees in Germany, escape the Nazis. In 1934 she married Bertie Coker a fellow Communist. It was a marriage of convenience for a new nationality and legal residence outside Germany, where her activities with the Communists put her at risk of arrest and execution by the Gestapo. Her second marriage was to Peter Haden-Guest. Their son, Anthony Haden-Guest was born in 1937. Elisabeth was in France when war broke out. She made her way to Marseilles, where she joined MI9 and helped those opposed to the Germans to escape occupied France. Her group was betrayed and after her release she returned to London. She spent the rest of the war on the Devon estate of her third husband, Pat Furse.
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Grave Type: Leased, Death date listed may be the interment date
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