Thanks Norman for bringing this feature to our notice. However, Krystyna Skarbek was not so forgotten as this short video suggests. This agent was one of the bravest and is honoured for her work. Her death at the hands of a former lover was tragic.
Krystyna Skarbek, also known as Christine Granville, was highly honoured by the British government for her extraordinary service as a special agent during World War II.
Her British honours included:
The George Medal (GM): This award recognized her conspicuous bravery, which was awarded for her exploits in intelligence gathering and her dangerous missions in Nazi-occupied Europe.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE): She was appointed an OBE in May 1947, a high-level civil award typically associated with senior military ranks, for her significant contributions to the Allied effort.
She was also recognized by the French government with the Croix de Guerre with a star for her role in the liberation of France.
In more recent times, her legacy has been further cemented with an English Heritage blue plaque placed at her last residence in London, 1 Lexham Gardens, in 2020 to commemorate her as one of the war's most successful secret agents.
I will add, I new nothing of her until you brought the matter to this forum but that may have been the way such brave people wanted to live.