Sister Olga Baudot de Rouville (1891 – 1979)

 Sister Olga Baudot de Rouville (1891 – 1979)

A Most Remarkable Woman” is one description that has been used about Sister Olga Baudot de Rouville (1891 – 1979).   A Red Cross nurse in German Occupied France during The Great War, like  Edith Cavell she helped a number of British servicemen escape from  the Germans.  During WW2 in addition to her nursing work she became an  M.I.9 agent, and worked with the O’Leary line. It is also the title of an exhibition on her life and wartime experiences by Cumbria County Council at the Whitehaven Archives Office, open to the public during December 2015 and January 2016. For much more information look at this link, courtesy of 2ndWWblogspot.frhttp://2ndww.blogspot.fr/2015/11/sister-olga-baudot-de-rouville-1891-1979.html