Editing Cranleigh (section)

===During World War II (1939-1945)===
[[Winterfold House]] near Cranleigh was requisitioned by the British Government and used by SOE [[Special Operations Executive]], as a training school designated STS 4 and later STS 7 as the location of the Student Assessment Board. Its primary use during the war was to whittle out those not suited to undercover work and begin initial training for those that progressed. Amongst the many recruits that attended Winterfold included [[Muriel Byck]], [[Andrée Borrel]], [[Denise Bloch]], [[Noor Inyat Khan]] (Nora Baker) – a descendant of [[India]]n Muslim royalty<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.delhiinformation.in/tombs/tombofhazratinayatkhan.html |title=Tomb of Hazrat Inayat Khan – Delhi Information |access-date=11 March 2020 |archive-date=5 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805072106/http://www.delhiinformation.in/tombs/tombofhazratinayatkhan.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Violette Szabo]] GC. A film [[Carve Her Name with Pride]] was made in 1958 about Szabo's wartime life in the SOE. In November 2011, a Memorial to the SOE was unveiled at Winterfold House, Surrey, initiated by British military historian, writer and author [[Paul McCue]] and others. The unveiling was attended by Tania Szabó, the daughter of [[Violette Szabo]], together with representatives from the US, Dutch and French embassies and the Canadian High Commission.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.paulmccuebooks.com/events.htm |title=Paul McCue Books |access-date=11 March 2020 |archive-date=23 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123103503/https://www.paulmccuebooks.com/events.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

During the later part of [[World War II]], on 27 August 1944, the infants school was hit by a [[V-1 flying bomb]] and demolished, as was the stained glass east window of the nearby St. Nicolas Church. This occurred early on a Sunday morning, and the school was empty. The only casualty was the [[Rector (ecclesiastical)#Anglican churches|Rector]], who was in his garden not far away and was injured.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120904072847/http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/86/a1962786.shtml WW2 stories on BBC website.]</ref> Another flying bomb hit the [[Gas holder|gasholder]] on the Common, destroying both the structure and a nearby cottage, whose occupant was killed.<ref>''Around Cranleigh'', p92.</ref>