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Noreen Riols
British novelist and SOE agent (1926–2025)
Noreen Riols MBE | |
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Riols in 2012 | |
| Born | Noreen Patricia Baxter (1926-05-08)8 May 1926 Crown Colony of Malta |
| Died | 2 January 2025(2025-01-02) (aged 98) |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Noreen Patricia Riols, MBE (née Baxter; 8 May 1926 – 2 January 2025) was a British novelist.
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During the Second World War, she worked for the Special Operations Executive, a British espionage and sabotage organisation.
Life and career
Riols was born in 1926 in Malta, where her father was serving in the Royal Navy.[1] She studied at the French Lycée in London, and at age 17 she applied to join the Women's Royal Naval Service (Wrens).
Because of her fluency in French, she was instead recruited into the F-section (F=France) of the Special Operations Executive (SOE).[1][2] The F-section recruited and trained spies and agents to be dropped into France where they would sabotage Nazi operat