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Diana Rowden

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WAAF officer and British SOE agent (1915-1944)

United KingdomLived 1915 to 1944 · aged 29
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Diana Hope Rowden served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during World War II.

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Photos 9

The old harbour in Cannes.The old harbour in Cannes.German troops in Paris (1940).German troops in Paris (1940).Westland Lysander Mk III (SD), the type used for special missions into occupied France during World War II.Westland Lysander Mk III (SD), the type used for special missions into occupied France during World War II.Fresnes PrisonFresnes PrisonNatzweiler-Struthof camp entrance. Monument to the Departed in background.Natzweiler-Struthof camp entrance. Monument to the Departed in background.View of former Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp in 2010. The cellblock is the building on the left and the crematorium is the building on the right.View of former Natzweiler-Struthof Concentration Camp in 2010. The cellblock is the building on the left and the crematorium is the building on the right.The crematorium at Natzweiler-StruthofThe crematorium at Natzweiler-Struthof

Awards 3

Croix de guerre 1939-1945
Member of the Order of the British Empire
Mentioned in Despatches

Connected to Diana 6

Horace HoodAlso won Mentioned in DespatchesArthur ConinghamAlso won Mentioned in DespatchesRoger BushellAlso won Mentioned in DespatchesSir John Smyth, 1st BaronetAlso won Mentioned in DespatchesLilian RolfeAlso won Mentioned in DespatchesDen BrotheridgeAlso won Mentioned in Despatches

About this person

Diana Hope Rowden served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) in France during World War II. The purpose of SOE was to recruit resistance groups and supply them with arms and material in order to carry out sabotage against Nazi Germany. From June to November 1943, Rowden was a courier for SOE's Acrobat circuit in occupied France. She was arrested by the Gestapo in November 1943. In May 1944, along with several other captured women agents, she was transported to Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp in Germany. She was executed there by fatal injection on 6 July 1944.

Country
United Kingdom
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1915 to 1944 · aged 29
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9 languages

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