Memorial

Special Operations Executive Agents / Violette Szabo

Source: Peter Alhadeff

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On grass ridge between Queens Walk and Lambeth Palace Road north of Lambeth Bridge., Albert Embankment, Lambeth Palace Road, Lambeth, Lambeth, Greater London, SE1 7JT, England

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TQ 30550 79101

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast figure
WMR Reference Number: 57804
Description: Square base surmounted by plinth with bust of Violette Szabo. Three plaques are attached to the plinth and one to the base. Whole stands on paved area with a low walled ramped pathway. It should be noted that this is a memorial to all SOE agents and not only Violette Szabo whose image is used for the bust.
Inscription: West Face: S.O.E/ THE/ SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE/ WAS SECRETLY FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF/ RECRUITING AGENTS, MEN AND WOMEN OF/ MANY NATIONALITIES WHO WOULD VOLUNTEER/ TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,/ BY PERFORMING ACTS OF SABOTAGE IN/ COUNTRIES OCCUPIED BY THE ENEMY DURING/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR./ THIS MONUMENT IS IN HONOUR/ OF ALL THE COURAGEOUS S.O.E AGENTS:/ THOSE WHO DID SURVIVE AND THOSE WHO DID/ NOT SURVIVE THEIR PERILOUS MISSIONS./ THEIR SERVICES WERE/ BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY/ In the Pages of History/ THEIR NAMES ARE/ CARVED WITH PRIDE North Face: THE HEROES OF TELEMARK/ IN 1943 NORWEGIAN RESISTANCE COMMANDOS/ SPONSORED BY THE S.O.E/ RAIDED THE ENEMY OCCUPIED NORSK HYDRO PLANE/ IN THE TELEMARK REGION OF NORWAY./ THIS SUCCESSFUL RAID SABOTAGED THE/ MACHINERY THAT WAS PRODUCING HEAVY WATER/ WHICH IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF/ THE ATOMIC BOMB./ THANKS TO THOSE HEROIC NORWEGIAN COMMANDOS/ THE ENEMY'S ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP/ THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS THWARTED. South Face: THE MAQUIS/ FRENCH RESISTANCE FIGHTERS/ 470 S.O.E AGENTS WERE SENT ON SABOTAGE MISSIONS TO/ OCCUPIED FRANCE WHERE THEY FOUGHT WITH/ NETWORKS OF FRENCH RESISTANCE FIGHTERS WHO/ PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN/ THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE IN 1944./ VIOLETTE SZABO/ 1921-1945/ WHOSE SCULPTURE IS ON THIS PLINTH AND WHO WAS/ POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE GEORGE CROSS AND/ THE CROIX DE GUERRE, WAS AMONG THE 117 S.O.E. AGENTS WHO/ DID NOT SURVIVE THEIR MISSIONS TO FRANCE. West Face, Base: (List of Donors)

Commemoration

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forename, surname, year of birth, year of death, decorations

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, forename, year of birthm, year of death, decorations

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Special Operations Executive Agents / Violette Szabo

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