1914
Pearl Witherington, French secret agent (died 2008)
Pearl Witherington, French secret agent (died 2008)
Pearl Witherington, French secret agent (died 2008)
Pearl Witherington
British agent for French Resistance in World War II
- Born
- 1914
Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley,, code names Marie and Pauline, was an agent in France for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied Europe against the Axis powers. SOE agents allied themselves with French Resistance groups and supplied them with weapons and equipment parachuted in from England.