Eliane Plewman
| Eliane Sophie Plewman | |
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Eliane Plewman
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| Birth name | Eliane Sophie Browne-Bartroli |
| Born |
6 December 1917 Marseilles |
| Died | 13 September 1944 (aged 26) Dachau, Germany |
| Buried at | Brookwood Memorial |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/branch | Special Operations Executive |
| Years of service | 1943-1944 |
| Rank | Ensign |
| Service number | F/23 |
| Unit | Special Operations Executive |
| Battles/wars | Second World War |
| Awards |
King's Commendation for Brave Conduct Croix de Guerre 1939-1945 (France) |
Eliane Plewman (6 December 1917 – 13 September 1944) was a British member of Special Operations Executive (SOE) an agent and member of the French Resistance working in the "MONK circuit" in occupied France during World War II. She was involved in a number of highly successful sabotage missions but was arrested and tortured by the Gestapo later being murdered by the SS at Dachau Concentration Camp.
Plewman was born Eliane Sophie Browne-Bartroli in Marseilles, France. The daughter of a successful English manufacturer based in France, Eugene Henry Browne-Bartroli and his Spanish born wife Elisa Francesca (née Bartroli), she was educated in England and in Spain at the British School in Madrid. When she finished college she moved to Leicester to work for a clothing and fabric import/export company in Albion Street, Leicester, using her language skills in English, French, Spanish and some Portuguese.
After the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939, Eliane Plewman worked for the Press Section of the British Embassies in Madrid and Lisbon until 1941. In 1942 she went to Britain to work for the Spanish Press section of the Ministry of Information. On 28 July 1942 she married Thomas Langford "Tom" Plewman of Lutterworth, Leicestershire, who had recently been commissioned an officer in the Royal Artillery, their home was at 14 Queen’s Gate Terrace, Leicester.
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