- Marguerite Knight
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Marguerite Knight Nickname Agent Donkeyman, Nicole Born 19 April 1920
ParisAllegiance United Kingdom, France Service/branch Special Operations Executive, French Resistance Years of service 1944 Rank Field agent and guerrilla commander Commands held Scientist Marguerite "Peggy" Knight MBE (born 19 April 1920 in Paris, France) was a member of the Women's Transport Service who served with the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II and worked as a courier for the French Section.
On 11 April 1944 she attended the SOE Students' Assessment Board at Wanborough. Peggy trained at Thame Park, Saltmarsh, and only did 1 practice jump (it was usual for the girls to do three jumps) before going into the field.
Categories:- 1920 births
- Possibly living people
- British people of World War II
- Female wartime spies
- Special Operations Executive personnel
- World War II spies
- Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Recipients of the Croix de Guerre (France)
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