OLEG GORDIEVSKY, aged 86
A KGB officer, he became a double agent in the Cold War, spying for Britain. His escape from the USSR was audacious – but the Russians kept trying to kill him.
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.
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