Status Updates From Christine: SOE Agent & Chur...

"Christine remained in the Movements Section of GHQ, MFE [Middle East Forces] until she was demobilized. She relinquished her commission in the WAAF on 11 May 1945 and was given a gratuity of 100 [British pounds]. A grateful Government then forgot all about her." - p. 234.

“On 6 July 1944, the long-awaited moment came for Christine. Her parachute was fitted, and the rubber-lined anti-crash helmet. She was issued with a loaded revolver…, a razor-edged folding cutting knife, torch, and the ...‘L’ Tablet, a coated cyanide of potassium pill, which when bitten caused instant death. Her vital documents were rechecked, local identity card in the name of ‘Pauline Armand', ..." - p. 168.

“…for Christine, her meeting with Wladyslaw Ledochowski marked a watershed in her life. From this time onwards she divided her emotions into a number of watertight compartments, into which were slotted her feelings as a patriot, her duty as a secret agent and her love for her family and for Andrew." -- p. 74.