Jane Harrison (GC)
Barbara Jane Harrison GC (24 May 1945 – 8 April 1968), typically known as Jane Harrison, was a British air stewardess. She is one of four women to have been awarded the George Cross for heroism, and is the only woman to be awarded the medal for gallantry in peacetime (the other three female George Cross recipients served with the Special Operations Executive in occupied France during the Second World War).
Read more about Jane Harrison (GC): Early Life, Career, Aeroplane Fire and Death, George Cross, Memorials
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