Gabrielle Petit
Gabrielle Petit | |
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Gabrielle Petit (c. 1910) | |
| Born | 20 February 1893 Tournai, Hainaut, Belgium |
| Died | 1 April 1916 (aged 23) Tir national, Schaerbeek, Brussels, German-occupied Belgium |
| Cause of death | Execution by firing squad |
| Buried | |
| Battles / wars | World War I |
Gabrielle Alina Eugenia Maria Petit (20 February 1893 – 1 April 1916) was a Belgian spy who worked for the British Secret Service in German-occupied Belgium during World War I. She was executed in 1916, and was widely celebrated as a Belgian national heroine after the war's end.