William Grover-Williams was another British man who met his death at Sachsenhausen. Despite Grover-Willliams' ultimate fate, his life was a genuine Boys' Own story. He was born in Montrouge, Hauts-de-Seine, France, on 16 January 1903 to Frederick and Hermance Grover and he grew up as a fluent French and English speaker. In November 1929, Grover-Williams married Yvonne Aubicq, whom he had met when chauffeuring the two around Paris. Successful financially, they maintained a home in a fashionable district of Paris while owning a large house in the resort town of La Baule, Pays de la Loire, on the Bay of Biscay, which was home to one of the annual Grand Prix races. He pursued the hobby of motor racing and in 1931 (see above photo) he won the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa-Francorchamps.He also won the Grand Prix de la Baule three consecutive years (1931 to 1933). Following the Nazi occupation of France in World War II, Grover-Williams returned to England where he joined the Royal Army Service Corps. Due to his fluency in French and English he was recruited into the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and he returned to France to work with the French Resistance. He recruited fellow racing driver Robert Benoist and together they worked in the Paris region to build up a successful circuit of operatives, forming sabotage cells and reception committees for Allied parachute operations. On 2 August 1943,Grover-Williams was arrested by the SS and underwent lengthy interrogation before being deported to Berlin where he was held prisoner at Sachsenhausen. He was executed at Sachsenhausen in the spring of 1945. He received posthumous honours on both sides of the Channel for his wartime service.