Posthumous Awards
In England, Bloch is recorded on the Brookwood Memorial in Surrey. She was posthumously awarded the "King's Commendation for Brave Conduct" by Great Britain.
In France, posthumous honors include the Legion of Honor; the Médaille combattant de la Résistance, and the Croix de Guerre avec Palme.
As one of the SOE agents who died for the liberation of France, she is listed on the "Roll of Honor" on the Valençay SOE Memorial in the town of Valençay, in the Indre département of France.
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