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== Life at war == |
== Life at war == |
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Desperate to save their mother, Peggy and her brother William enlisted in the [[Free French Forces]]. Peggy became a paratrooper and a spy, craftily posing as a prostitute to obtain information. Once, Peggy bicycled around the [[Normandy]] coast, blowing kisses to the German military personnel stationed there, whilst collecting information about the number and position of tanks and other military structures. This information appeared to be invaluable, as it is believed to have influenced the date of [[D-Day]]. |
Desperate to save their mother, Peggy and her brother William enlisted in the [[Free French Forces]]. Peggy became a paratrooper and a spy, craftily posing as a prostitute to obtain information. Once, Peggy bicycled around the [[Normandy]] coast, blowing kisses to the German military personnel stationed there, whilst collecting information about the number and position of tanks and other military structures. This information appeared to be invaluable, as it is believed to have influenced the date of [[D-Day]].<ref name=macleans /><ref name=calgary>[http://hitlernews.cloudworth.com/local/3049.html 21-years-old female spy who assassinated a Nazi SS colonel]. Retrieved May 22, 2009.</ref> |
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== After the war == |
== After the war == |
Revision as of 22:02, 18 July 2010
Peggy Taylor (December 5, 1920 - June 8, 2006)[1] was a French World War II spy.
Early life
Taylor was born Margaret "Peggy" Martha Gertrude Taylor to parents Herbert Taylor, an English businessman, and Anne Marie Le Coq on December 5, 1920. The young Margaret had one sister and two brothers. The whole family lived in the same house as Anne Marie's mother, who frequently caned her grandchildren. Peggy was sent to a convent upon reaching adolescence, but her father had gone to Yorkshire to work for the British government during the Second World War and sent for the family soon after his arrival. Anne Marie, who could not leave her ailing mother, gave her children 9000 francs and sent them on a boat to Falmouth. Unfortunately, Peggy and her siblings received word through the Swiss Red Cross that their mother was in a concentration camp near the German border.[1]
Life at war
Desperate to save their mother, Peggy and her brother William enlisted in the Free French Forces. Peggy became a paratrooper and a spy, craftily posing as a prostitute to obtain information. Once, Peggy bicycled around the Normandy coast, blowing kisses to the German military personnel stationed there, whilst collecting information about the number and position of tanks and other military structures. This information appeared to be invaluable, as it is believed to have influenced the date of D-Day.[1][2]
After the war
After World War II Peggy made the transition back to military life. For her military achievements she received the Croix de Guerre and the French Resistance medal twice.[1] In 1955, Peggy emigrated to Ottawa, Canada and worked for the federal government as a stenographer. In 1995 she checked in to a veterans' nursing home and died on June 8, 2006.
References
- ^ a b c d Margaret "Peggy" Taylor, 1920-2006. Macleans by Rogers. Retrieved May 22, 2009.
- ^ 21-years-old female spy who assassinated a Nazi SS colonel. Retrieved May 22, 2009.