27/01/2025
Norwich, GB 7 C
Researching and reporting on the lives of some really interesting people (RIP)

MIKE SADLER, aged 103

The last surviving original member of the SAS he was their desert navigator, leading daring raids against the enemy before working in intelligence after the war.

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.

EILEEN ASH, aged 110

Before the war she played test cricket for England and then joined MI6. She resumed her cricket career and went on to be the world’s oldest test cricketer.