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War hero Noor Inayat Khan was the first female radio operator sent to occupied Paris, and for a time the only transmitting agent there. Betrayed to the Gestapo, she escaped twice but was later murdered in Dachau: her story's one of staggering bravery https://londonist.com/london/latest-news/noor-inayat-khan-blue-plaque-bloomsbury
There's a statue of Khan, in a not-very-obvious spot in Bloomsbury. In 2012 it was the first public, standalone statue honouring a woman of Asian background anywhere in the UK. Might still be the only one? Let us know in the comments if you know of more https://londonist.com/london/history/a-very-important-statue-you-probably-never-noticed
...aaand if you want to see how hard campaigners had to work to get even this one statue funded and approved, this is good: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2012/oct/23/noor-inayat-khan-britains-muslim-heroine
