I READ the article "A Time To Remember" by Karen Grattage (The Press, May 1), with much interest.

I have had a great interest for many years in the history of SOE and the Resistance. One of the bravest was Vera Leigh, born in Leeds on March 17, 1903, abandoned as a baby and adopted by Eugene Leigh, a racehorse trainer who was married to an English woman.

Vera later went to live in Paris and became the owner of a fashion house.

When war started she helped to guide fugitive allied servicemen out of the country, and came to England, joining the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry, then the Special Operations Executive. She was sent to France on May 13, 1943, and was captured on October 30, 1943.

On July 6, 1944, she was injected with phenol and put into a crematorium furnace with three others at Natzweiler Concentration Camp. An horrendous killing.

If this is printed, I am hoping very much that some residents in Leeds may read this, and could tell me if there is a mention of this bravest of the brave in any archives (perhaps a small plaque erected somewhere?) Time is running out.

Leeds also has the proud distinction of being the birthplace of Flight Sergeant A L Aaron, Victoria Cross holder 218 Squadron RAF, August 12, 1943.

Hoping someone can supply the answer to my query.

Mrs E Speed,

Forest Grove,

Stockton Lane, York.

Updated: 09:29 Monday, May 08, 2006