Pearl Witherington, French secret agent (died 2008)

Pearl Witherington

British agent for French Resistance in World War II

Cecile Pearl Witherington Cornioley,, code names Marie and Pauline, was an agent in France for the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War. The purpose of SOE was to conduct espionage, sabotage, and reconnaissance in occupied…