08/03/2026
Norwich, GB 7 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

PATRICIA DAWES, aged 84

A career in the Diplomatic Service took her around the world, before she became a Press Officer at a British Embassy fending off difficult questions.

ANNE PONSONBY, aged 98

After volunteering for the forces in the war, she was recruited by the SOE, playing a major role co-ordinating clandestine operations in occupied Europe.