After the outbreak of the Second World War Lilian Vera Rolfe worked at the British Embassy in Rio de Janeiro before being moved to London. Rolfe came to the attention of the French Section of the Special Operations Executive because of her fluency in the French Language, she was accepted by S.O.E. and was trained as a wireless operator.
Lilian was dropped into France on the 5th April 1944, she landed at Orleans and worked with the Historian Network.
Rolfs's duties were to transmit messages for the marquis to London. To report on troop movements,organizing arms drops and supply drops- participated in raids with Maquis groups and took part in a gun battle in the town of Olivet, South of Orleans.
Lilian was arrested at a transmitting house in Nargis, then sent to Fresnes Prison and brutally interrogated and repeatedly tortured untill August 1944. Rolfe was then sent to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp in Germany.
Lilian Rolfe was executed on the 5th February 1945 and her body disposed of in the Crematorium Furnace.
A statement made by a German Officer after the War stated Lilian was so ill she could not walk and was carried to the execution place.
POSTHUMOUS HONOURS:
MBE(British Government) Name Listed at the Special Operations Memorial at Runnymede, Surrey, England.
Lilian Rolfe House. at the Vincennes Estate Lambeth London.
French Government: Croix de Guerre. Town of Montargis - in the Loiret Departement - Street Named 'Rue Claudie Rolfe'
Named on The Roll of Honor, Who Died For France on the Special Operations Memorial at Valencay, France.
Lilian was dropped into France on the 5th April 1944, she landed at Orleans and worked with the Historian Network.
Rolfs's duties were to transmit messages for the marquis to London. To report on troop movements,organizing arms drops and supply drops- participated in raids with Maquis groups and took part in a gun battle in the town of Olivet, South of Orleans.
Lilian was arrested at a transmitting house in Nargis, then sent to Fresnes Prison and brutally interrogated and repeatedly tortured untill August 1944. Rolfe was then sent to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp in Germany.
Lilian Rolfe was executed on the 5th February 1945 and her body disposed of in the Crematorium Furnace.
A statement made by a German Officer after the War stated Lilian was so ill she could not walk and was carried to the execution place.
POSTHUMOUS HONOURS:
MBE(British Government) Name Listed at the Special Operations Memorial at Runnymede, Surrey, England.
Lilian Rolfe House. at the Vincennes Estate Lambeth London.
French Government: Croix de Guerre. Town of Montargis - in the Loiret Departement - Street Named 'Rue Claudie Rolfe'
Named on The Roll of Honor, Who Died For France on the Special Operations Memorial at Valencay, France.
After the outbreak of the Second World War Lilian Vera Rolfe worked at the British Embassy in Rio de Janeiro before being moved to London. Rolfe came to the attention of the French Section of the Special Operations Executive because of her fluency in the French Language, she was accepted by S.O.E. and was trained as a wireless operator.
Lilian was dropped into France on the 5th April 1944, she landed at Orleans and worked with the Historian Network.
Rolfs's duties were to transmit messages for the marquis to London. To report on troop movements,organizing arms drops and supply drops- participated in raids with Maquis groups and took part in a gun battle in the town of Olivet, South of Orleans.
Lilian was arrested at a transmitting house in Nargis, then sent to Fresnes Prison and brutally interrogated and repeatedly tortured untill August 1944. Rolfe was then sent to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp in Germany.
Lilian Rolfe was executed on the 5th February 1945 and her body disposed of in the Crematorium Furnace.
A statement made by a German Officer after the War stated Lilian was so ill she could not walk and was carried to the execution place.
POSTHUMOUS HONOURS:
MBE(British Government) Name Listed at the Special Operations Memorial at Runnymede, Surrey, England.
Lilian Rolfe House. at the Vincennes Estate Lambeth London.
French Government: Croix de Guerre. Town of Montargis - in the Loiret Departement - Street Named 'Rue Claudie Rolfe'
Named on The Roll of Honor, Who Died For France on the Special Operations Memorial at Valencay, France.
Lilian was dropped into France on the 5th April 1944, she landed at Orleans and worked with the Historian Network.
Rolfs's duties were to transmit messages for the marquis to London. To report on troop movements,organizing arms drops and supply drops- participated in raids with Maquis groups and took part in a gun battle in the town of Olivet, South of Orleans.
Lilian was arrested at a transmitting house in Nargis, then sent to Fresnes Prison and brutally interrogated and repeatedly tortured untill August 1944. Rolfe was then sent to Ravensbruck Concentration Camp in Germany.
Lilian Rolfe was executed on the 5th February 1945 and her body disposed of in the Crematorium Furnace.
A statement made by a German Officer after the War stated Lilian was so ill she could not walk and was carried to the execution place.
POSTHUMOUS HONOURS:
MBE(British Government) Name Listed at the Special Operations Memorial at Runnymede, Surrey, England.
Lilian Rolfe House. at the Vincennes Estate Lambeth London.
French Government: Croix de Guerre. Town of Montargis - in the Loiret Departement - Street Named 'Rue Claudie Rolfe'
Named on The Roll of Honor, Who Died For France on the Special Operations Memorial at Valencay, France.
