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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

#OnThisDay, 18 Feb 1944, Special Operations Executive courier Mary Herbert was arrested by the Gestapo in Poitiers. The British SOE supported the French resistance.

The Irish-born Herbert had been operating as a courier - moving messages and equipment around - for over a year. She'd also had a baby whilst in France.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WW2 #Histodons

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snapshot photo of Mary Herbert. She is a white woman with dark hair, wearing a neckerchief and smiling.
snapshot photo of Mary Herbert. She is a white woman with dark hair, wearing a neckerchief and smiling.
snapshot photo of Mary Herbert. She is a white woman with dark hair, wearing a neckerchief and smiling.
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CarveHerName
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@CarveHerName@mstdn.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

She stuck to her cover story and was released a few months after her arrest. She then successfully convinced the orphanage to return her baby to her, and went into hiding until liberation.

She was awarded the Croix de Guerre by France.

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