Diana Rowden

Diana Rowden
In WAAF uniform (circa 1942).
Nickname(s)	Paulette, Chaplain and Marcelle (SOE codenames), Juliette Thérèse Rondeau (alias while working as an SOE agent in France)
Born	(1915-01-31)31 January 1915 England
Died	6 July 1944(1944-07-06) (aged 29) Natzweiler-Struthof, France
Allegiance	Britain
Service/branch	Women's Auxiliary Air Force Special Operations Executive
Years of service	1941-1944
Rank	Section Officer (WAAF)
Unit	Acrobat (SOE)
Battles/wars	Second World War
Awards	Croix de Guerre Mentioned in Despatches

Diana Hope Rowden (31 January 1915 – 6 July 1944) served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and was an agent for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. Rowden was a member of SOE's Acrobat circuit in occupied France where she operated as a courier until she was arrested by the Gestapo. She was subsequently executed at the Natzweiler-Struthof concentration camp.^[1]