Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell

male, 64 years old (Massachusetts, United States)
English historical novelist Green Card University of London Novels by Bernard Cornwell English From Essex
Bernard Cornwell OBE (born February 23, 1944) is a prolific and popular English historical novelist. Bernard Cornwell was adopted by a family by... More
Cecily Lefort

Cecily Lefort

female, deceased (1945)
World War II Scottish French Resistance member Croix de guerre recipient underground resistance Nazi concentration camp victim
Cecily Margot Lefort (April 30, 1900 - May 1, 1945) was a heroine of World War II. Born in London of Scottish ancestry, Lefort lived on the coast... More
Yolande Beekman

Yolande Beekman

female, deceased (1944)
dutch World War II Croix de guerre recipient Canadian Nazi concentration camp victim Special Operations Executive
Yolande Beekman (1911 - September 13, 1944) was a heroine of World War II. Born as Yolande Elsa Maria Unternahrer to an educated family in Paris,... More
Diana Rowden

Diana Rowden

female, deceased (1944)
second world war University of Paris Croix de guerre recipient Nazi concentration camp victim soe Special Operations Executive
Diana Hope Rowden (January 31, 1915 - July 6, 1944) was an Special Operations Executive (SOE) member who was killed in a Nazi concentration camp.
Lilian Rolfe

Lilian Rolfe

female, deceased (1945)
World War II d-day maquis French Resistance orleans Ravensbruck
Lilian Vera Rolfe, born April 26, 1914 in Paris, France - died February 5, 1945 at Ravensbrück, Germany was a heroine of World War II. A twin to s... More

Gladys Powers

female, 109 years old
Centenarian Women's Royal Air Force WAAF Women's Auxiliary Air Force the First World War British Military
Gladys Powers (born May 10, 1899) is, at age 108, the last surviving female veteran of the First World War. She served firstly in the British WAAF,... More
Felicity Peake

Felicity Peake

female, deceased (2002)
crewe World War II Member of the Order of the British Empire aviator stockport mbe
Air Commodore Dame Felicity Hyde Peake, DBE, MBE (b. May 1 1913, Cheadle Hulme, Stockport - d. November 2 2002) was the founding director of the... More

Pamela Barton

female, deceased (1943)
British Military Flight Officer summit world war ii veteran battle of britain ambulance
Pamela Espeut Barton (March 4, 1917 - November 13, 1943) was an English golfer. Known as "Pam," she was born in the London suburb of Barnes, the... More
Ruth Williams Khama

Ruth Williams Khama

female, deceased (2002)
Throat cancer death Blackheath politician cancer death botswana Lloyd's of London
Ruth Williams, Lady Khama (1923 - 22 May 2002) was the wife of Botswana's first president, Sir Seretse Khama. Lady Khama was a former WAAF... More
Christine Brooke-Rose

Christine Brooke-Rose

female, 85 years old
novelist World War II Swiss British Literary critic American
Christine Frances Evelyn Brooke-Rose (born January 16 1923) is a British writer and literary critic, known principally for her later, experimental... More