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Lonely death of real life Charlotte Gray

She died alone, with no known relatives to attend her funeral, but Eileen Nearne had a remarkable secret.

She once lived a daring life as a secret agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Nazi-occupied France in the Second World War.

Although she will be given a simple funeral next week, organised by her local council, she has been described as an unsung heroine of the war, serving as a radio operator, under the codename Rose....
Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)