S.O.E. Monument
A bronze bust on the Albert Embankment honouring the secret WWII agents of the Special Operations Executive, many of whom never returned.
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The lowdown
On the Albert Embankment, looking across the river to Westminster, stands a memorial to the Special Operations Executive, the secret service Churchill founded to set occupied Europe ablaze through sabotage and resistance. At its centre is a bust of Violette Szabo, one of the agents parachuted behind enemy lines, captured, and executed at a concentration camp.
The memorial honours all the men and women of the SOE, a remarkable number of whom died in the field. It is free to visit, a moving and often quiet tribute to extraordinary courage, set on a busy riverside that most people hurry along without stopping.
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