THEIR GREATEST ADVENTURE
Received Sunday, 7.10 p.iru IibNDON, Feh. 16. The 34 - years - oid French - borri Odette Sansom, one of Britain 's hest Secret service agents- and the first womafi to recbive the George Cross; was married .at Kensington registry •office to Captain Peter Qhurchill, hef coffimanding bificef, whOSd iife shd saved. The couple firSt mdt When Odette infiltrated iiito enemy-occu-pied France in 1942 for special work with the resistance movement. When the Gestapo arrested them in 1943 they agreed to po§e as maii afid wiie for mutuai protection. Odette; despite tofture; refused to hetray Captain Ohurchill, Mrs. Churchill today smiling happiily said; "All we have been through is nothing compared with this. Thffi is our greatest adventure."
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 February 1947, Page 5
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