The 14th annual celebration of the life of Violette Szabo GC was held at the museum dedicated to her in Wormelow. Rosemary Rigby MBE has dedicated the museum to the Special Operations Executive (SOE) woman who parachuted into France and ended her days in Ravensbruck concentration camp. Violette's story was told in the film Carve Her Name With Pride (1958) with Virginia McKenna taking the leading role. The actress joins the gathering every year, along with ex-servicemen and civic leaders including Monmouth's mayor Jane Gunter and members of the public. Violette spent her time between her two missions in France and recovered from a sprained ankle suffered during a practice parachute jump at her uncle's house in Wormelow. She is remembered by Normandy veteran Peter Davies as riding around the village on a motorbike with a 'stiff leg'. Violette was the first woman to be awarded the George Cross, the highest civilian award for bravery, usually regarded as the equivalent to the Victoria Cross. She was also awarded the Croix de Guerre by the French. A blue plaque was erected at Violette's family home in Stockwell in 1981, and her name is commemorated on the SOE memorial plaque at Ravensbrück, the Brookwood Memorial in Surrey and the FANY memorial at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. If anyone would like to know more about the museum, call Rosemary Rigby on 01981 540477.