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I'm Nigel Guy Bellair's grand daughter. He had two children with my grandmother, and as far as I'm aware, didn't emigrate to South Africa, though I think his brother did. He stayed in France and died in Biarritz in the early 80s.

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Section viii (MI6). Working in the Embassy and in SLU (Special Liaison Units - a Morris C8 Truck with wireless radios) Transmitting and receiving ULTRA for Monty. Will post pics.

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Would love to see!

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My Dad was in Cairo in 1942. MI6. (Taps nose)

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SPILL THE BEANS STEVE

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The old adage proven again, truth really is stranger than fiction.

Always enjoy reading on the Desert campaign. My father was a proud Desert Rat of the Royal Horse Artillery.

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Fascinating story. I must confess that when I first skimmed through the piece, I mid-read the part about Foxhole in Cairo, and thought it was Yvette Fielding that starred in it! That works have made for an altogether different movie!

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A spy movie with former Blue Peter presenters gets my vote!

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She’s more of a ghost hunter than a nazi hunter!

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Quite the line to pop into one's report: "I therefore decided to kidnap Hauer" - as if it was the inescapable and natural consequence of all that went before.

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C'mon. We've all been there.

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Fascinating story. These webs of intrigue must take a fair amount of disentangling!

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Truth may not be stranger than fiction in this case but it is certainly more interesting!

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