WW2 British agent Violette Szabo's medals 'should stay in UK'

Name: WW2 British agent Violette Szabo's medals 'should stay in UK'
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Description: Gallantry medals won by a British secret agent in World War Two should be bought for the country, the founder of a museum set up in her name has said.

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Gallantry medals won by a British secret agent in World War Two should be bought for the country, the founder of a museum set up in her name has said.

Violette Szabo was captured days after the D-Day landings and killed at Ravensbruck concentration camp at the age of 23.

A Special Operations Executive (SOE) agent, her story was turned into a 1958 film Carve Her Name with Pride starring Virginia McKenna.

The medals are being auctioned on Wednesday.

Nick Higham reports.

21 July 2015