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Title
Violette Szabo (1921–1945) – Special Operations Executive Memorial
Date
2009
Medium
bronze
Accession number
SE1_VA_S016
Acquisition method
purchased by public subscription
Work type
Bust
Owner
Lambeth London Borough Council
Custodian
Lambeth London Borough Council
Unveiling date
4th October 2009
Access
at all times
Inscription description
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)
