Page 36 - The Sandbag Times Issue No:58

Mrs Fox

Goes To War

The Chronicles of Little Hope

1939 - 1945

Villager of the month:

George Cross

George hadn’t realised
that the vicar was quite
so liberal...

George Cross, SOE Agent
extraordinaire, was known
to be a master of disguise
and sleight of hand and was
a damned fine shot to boot.
His signature fragrance was
a unique brand of tobacco
which lingered in the air long
after he’d departed the cov-
ert scene of operations and
it was rumoured that a single
whiff of his peculiar shag was
enough to strike fear into the
very heart of any jerry coming
across it. George was also rath-
er adept at puffing out Morse
code with his pipe, as it were,
so to speak, hence his SOE
handle ‘Three Nuns Shag’.

George was the beloved beau
of Penny Stamp, the postmis-
tress of Little Hope, and it was
truly a match made in heaven,
they danced around one an-
other’s affections like Fred and
Ginger and managed - inad-
vertently - to cause havoc both
abroad in occupied Europe and
back home in Blighty.

https://www.mrsfoxgoestowar.
co.uk/george-cross

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