The Lost Band of Brothers by Tom Keene

Author:Tom Keene
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780750963589
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2015-02-12T16:00:00+00:00

Gus and Marjorie were married on 18 April 1942 at the church of Our Lady of the Assumption, Warwick Street, London W1. The reception was held afterwards at the house they had visited that cold February afternoon at 2, Aldford Street, London W1. Colin Gubbins’ private diary recorded simply: ‘Marjorie and Gus. 2 o’clock.’

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Although March-Phillipps’ plans for a significantly expanded Maid Honor Force had still to be ratified by the Chiefs of Staff, it appeared from an early stage that approval would be something of a formality. Accordingly – and with Gubbins’ support – March-Phillipps and Appleyard set out from London to find a suitable base for their secret new raiding force. They headed first of all back to the Antelope Hotel in Poole harbour, scene of their departure to West Africa and Operation Postmaster six months ago. It seemed like a lifetime: ‘We stayed in Poole at the old Antelope Hotel which was our shore HQ last summer’ wrote Appleyard. ‘They gave us a great welcome.’18 Landlord Arthur ‘Pop’ Baker, it seems, remembered his friends. From there they set out to explore the local countryside. March-Phillipps already knew much of it well: he had lived at Bere Regis, just a few miles away, before the war when he had been making a living as a novelist. Luck, providence or local contacts led him now to a sixteenth-century manor house.

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