VALERIE ANDRE, aged 102
A trained doctor, she joined the French army and learned to fly helicopters, treating injured soldiers in battle. She was also the first female French general.
MADELEINE RIFFAUD, aged 100
A French resistance fighter who was tortured by the Gestapo, she played a key role in the liberation. She later served as a journalist in various war zones.
MICHEL SIFFRE, aged 85
A scientist who explored the effect of isolation on human beings by living underground in caves for long periods, leading to a new branch of science.
PIPPA LATOUR, aged 102
The longest surviving female SOE agent working in occupied France, she paved the way for D-Day, but was never acknowledged by her male colleagues.
MONIQUE HANOTTE, aged 101
A Belgian schoolgirl who joined the Comet Line, rescuing Allied airmen from the Nazis, she was forced into a daring escape herself.
ROLAND MESNIER, aged 78
Learned his trade in France, he became chief pastry chef at the White House, serving 5 presidents and never cooking the same meal twice.
JUSTUS ROSENBERG, aged 100
A refugee from Poland he became an active member of the French Resistance with a dramatic escape from the Nazis. In later life a professor in universities.
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