Violet Reine Elizabeth Szabo and SOE

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Reference WMO/133285

Address:

Albert Embankment / Queen's Walk

Lambeth Palace Road

Lambeth

SE1 7LB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Figure sculpture
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: A bronze sculpture, by Keren Newman, of the bust of Violette Szabo set on a square stone plinth set on a raked square base with metal plaques fixed to each face of plinth.Situated on a grassed area in front of Lambeth Palace. Unveiled in October 2009 by Duke of Wellington and Lord Selbourne.
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West Face: S.O.E/ THE/ SPECIAL OPERATIONS EXECUTIVE/ WAS SECRETLY FORMED FOR THE PURPOSE OF/ RECRUITING AGENTS, MEN AND WOMEN OF/ MANY NATIONALITIES WHO WOULD VOLUNTEER/ TO CONTINUE THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,/ BY PERFORMING ACTS OF SABOTAGE IN/ COUNTRIES OCCUPIED BY THE ENEMY DURING/ THE SECOND WORLD WAR./ THIS MONUMENT IS IN HONOUR/ OF ALL THE COURAGEOUS S.O.E AGENTS:/ THOSE WHO DID SURVIVE AND THOSE WHO DID/ NOT SURVIVE THEIR PERILOUS MISSIONS./ THEIR SERVICES WERE/ BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY/ In the Pages of History/ THEIR NAMES ARE/ CARVED WITH PRIDE; North Face: THE HEROES OF TELEMARK/ IN 1943 NORWEGIAN RESISTANCE COMMANDOS/ SPONSORED BY THE S.O.E/ RAIDED THE ENEMY OCCUPIED NORSK HYDRO PLANE/ IN THE TELEMARK REGION OF NORWAY./ THIS SUCCESSFUL RAID SABOTAGED THE/ MACHINERY THAT WAS PRODUCING HEAVY WATER/ WHICH IS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF/ THE ATOMIC BOMB./ THANKS TO THOSE HEROIC NORWEGIAN COMMANDOS/ THE ENEMY'S ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP/ THE ATOMIC BOMB WAS THWARTED; South Face: THE MAQUIS/ FRENCH RESISTANCE FIGHTERS/ 470 S.O.E AGENTS WERE SENT ON SABOTAGE MISSIONS TO/ OCCUPIED FRANCE WHERE THEY FOUGHT WITH/ NETWORKS OF FRENCH RESISTANCE FIGHTERS WHO/ PLAYED AN IMPORTANT PART IN/ THE LIBERATION OF FRANCE IN 1944./ VIOLETTE SZABO/ 1921-1945/ WHOSE SCULPTURE IS ON THIS PLINTH AND WHO WAS/ POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE GEORGE CROSS AND/ THE CROIX DE GUERRE, WAS AMONG THE 117 S.O.E. AGENTS WHO/ DID NOT SURVIVE THEIR MISSIONS TO FRANCE; East Face- WITH GRATITUDE/TO ALL THOSE WHO DONATED/THIS MONUMENT WAS COMMISSIONED/By/THE PUBLIC MEMORIALS APPEAL/[Patrons]

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