was later arrested, tried, and sentenced to death as a collaborator after the war. This sentence was commuted, however, and Bardet was ultimately released from prison in 1955. Knight left the employment of the SOE in November 1944. Awards For her wartime activity Peggy Knight was later awarded high British, French, and American honours, including appointment as a member of The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, the Croix de Guerre, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. See also SOE F Section networks Footnotes Further reading Marcus Binney, The Women Who Lived for Danger: The Agents of the Special Operations Executive. New York: William Morrow, 2002. External links Cameron Ramos, "From the Typewriter to Blazing Sten Gun," Harrow Times, 20 March 2005. 1920 births 2004 deaths Female wartime spies British Special Operations Executive personnel Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients Members of the Order of the British Empire Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France) British people of Polish descent