Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester
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| Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Elizabeth, "La Grande" |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom, France |
| Service/branch | Special Operations Executive, French Resistance |
| Years of service | 1943-1944 |
| Rank | Field agent and guerrilla commander |
| Commands held | Marksman |
Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester was a member of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II and worked as a courier for the French Section.
The daughter of an English mother and American father, Elizabeth Devereux-Rochester was educated at Roedean School. In the 1930s, she was living in Paris with her mother; when the Germans invaded France she escaped over the Pyrénées.
She joined the SOE in early 1943. Following training, she landed in a Hudson aircraft on October 18, 1943 in France with Richard Heslop (organiser of the Marksman circuit, codename "Xavier", a male radio operator and a RF agent).
In Spring 1944 she was recalled by SOE to England, as she was deemed "too conspicuous". She left the Marksman circuit, but didn't return to England and instead went to Paris to assist a friend. She went to her Mother's house and was arrested and imprisoned. She was released from the French gaol in the liberation.
Following the war she lived in France until her death. She married a Mr Reynolds.
