Adolphe subnetwork, 85
Air Ministry in London, 22, 27, 34
Alex. See Briant
Allies, 59, 73, 82, 92, 100, 103, 141, 144, 167
American embassy:
in Paris, 22–23
in Vichy, 22–24
Amicale Buckmaster. See Fédération Nationale Libre Résistance
Amicale (former Maquis from Norde-Indre and Cher Valley), 87, 123, 144
Anastasie. See Dufour, Jacques
AS (Armée Secréte), xxiii, 87, 95, 130
Atkins, Vera, 37, 108, 113, 115–116, 127, 165, 169
Attlee, Clement, 113
Auvergne network, 62–65, 68, 128, 129
Babington-Smith, Constance, 109
Badaire, Jean-Bernard, 118
Baker Street Irregulars (SOE agents), xxii
Baker Street Specials (SOE agents), xxii
Barboux, Monsieur, 79
Baron, Monsieur, 78
Battle of Britain, xxi
Battle of Les Souches, 74–79, 81, 84, 86, 127, 130, 131, 157
Bayeux, 22–23
Bazooka, The magazine, 56
BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), xix, 54, 69, 104
Beaumont-en-Argonne, 135–136
Bèguè, Georges, 96
Behind Enemy Lines with the SAS: The Story of Amédée Maingard-SOE Agent (McCue), 167
Belliard, Louis, 123
Bidet, Madame and Monsieur, 69
Billard, Raymond, “Gaspard,” 75, 123, 127
Bir-Hakeim, 142
Birmingham, 34
black market, for food in France, 57
Bled, Anne, 91
Bled, Monique, 91–92
Blitz, the, xix
Bodington, Nicholas, 116
Boiziau, Camille, “Robert,” 87, 91
Briant, “Alex,” 70, 73, 86, 89–90, 128
British embassy:
in Cerbère-Portbou, 24
in Lisbon, 26
in Madrid, 26
in Paris, 12–13, 20, 22, 33–34, 112, 114, 128
in Yugoslavia, 26
British Expeditionary Force (BEF), xx
British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6 or SIS ), xxi, 113–114
Brouillard. See Vermot, J.
Buchenwald concentration camp, 68, 70, 115
Buckmaster, Maurice, 33, 37, 101, 106, 115, 127, 128
Byck, Murielle, 105
Canadian embassy, in Paris, 112
Carrefour magazine, 57
Catineau, Roger, 77–78
CBE (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), 170
censorship, of correspondence, 28–29
Cerbère-Portbou, 24
Chamaliéres, 52–53
Chamberlain, Neville, xxi
Champ Elysées, 16–17
Chantraine, Auguste, “Octave,” 40, 46–47, 52, 56, 128
Chassagne, Pierre, 85
Châteauroux, 107, 128, 130, 147–148
Cher River Valley, xvi, 59, 85, 87–88
Churchill, Winston, xix–xxi, 98, 143, 145
Clermont-Ferrand, 53, 62–65, 107
Cochet, Gabriel, 53
Cochet, Madame, 52–53
Colyer, Douglas, 37, 109–110, 112, 128, 155
Commes, 22
Communists, French, xxiii, 40, 70, 73, 86, 90, 95, 169
See also FT P (Francs-Tireurs et Partisans) (Free Fighters and
Partisans)
Comte. See Pèrot, Roland
Cornioley, Cécile Pearl Witherington, “Pauline,” xv–xvii
American tour of, 108–109
area of service as Maquis leader (map), 83
books about, xi–xii
and clairvoyants, 163–164
death of, 124
on destiny, 158–159
on discipline, 162
early childhood of, 5–8
education of, 9–11
employment of, 12–13, 25–27, 111–112
and escape from France (map), 21
as family support, 8–9
and message memorization, 50, 52–53
and parachuting into France, xv, 41–46, 52, 56, 110, 117, 140, 149, 169–170
personality of, 153–158
and religion, 158–161
and return to London, 103–105
reward posters of, 81, 167–168
as SOE courier, xv, xxiv, 49–50, 87, 89, 143, 166
and SOE finances, xvi, 104–105
superiors’ evaluations of, 32, 166
and train travel, 56–58
See also “L’Arlèsienne”; Pauline; Vergès, Marie Jeanne Marthe
Cornioley, Charles (Henri’s brother), 16
Cornioley, Claire (daughter), 110
Cornioley, Evelyne (Henri’s sister), 15–16
Cornioley, Henri, xii, xvi–xvii, 34, 149
and courtship of Pearl, 15–18
military service of, 15–16, 19, 133–140
and return to London, 103–106
as SOE member, 40–41, 47, 68–70, 74–78, 81, 90–91, 101
Coulaudon, Emile, “Gaspard,” 64–65, 128
couriers, xv, xxiv, 31, 49–50, 54, 59, 63, 87, 89, 91, 106, 130, 143, 166
Pearl’s area of service as (map), 51
Cronin, A.J., 11
D-Day, 39, 58–59, 68, 73–74, 82, 86, 88–89, 92, 131, 145, 148, 152
Dalton, Hugh, xxi
d’Argoeuvres, Hélène, 11
de Gaulle, Charles, xxiii–xxiv, 53, 95, 101, 103, 114, 117, 123, 129, 145, 169
De Larminat, General, 110
de Vomécourt, Philippe, “Saint Paul,” 85, 90, 100, 105–106, 117–118, 131, 157
demarcation line (between free and occupied France), 23–24, 39, 85
Déricourt, H.A.E., 113, 115–117, 170–171
Dezandes, Madame and Monsieur, 63, 65
Doulçay, 85, 90, 92, 107, 110, 147–148
Drôle de Guerre (Phony War or Silly War), 19
Dufour, Jacques, “Anastasie,” 50
Dun-le-Poëlier, 70, 79, 130, 148
Dunkirk, British evacuation from, xx
Durand, Monsieur, 115
Dürer, Albrecht, 98
École Boulle, 33
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 144
Elizabeth, Queen of England, 170
Elster, Eric, 169
Emile. See Goumain, Emile
England, and relations with France, xix–xxi, 19, 33, 92, 103, 114, 116
Exodus, the, 20
FANY (First Aid Nursing Yeomanry), 31
Farmer, John, 68
Fédération Nationale Libre Résistance (Amicale Buckmaster), 115, 117–118
Festival of Remembrance, 143
FFI (French Forces of the Interior) (Forces Françaises de l’Intérieur), xxiii, 87, 95–97, 99, 130, 143
Fiocca, Nancy (Wake), 68
Foot, M.R.D. (Michael), 117, 165, 167–168, 173
Fort Saint-Jean (Marseille), 24
France:
See also Vichy France
at outbreak of World War II (map), 21
postwar, 110–111
and relations with England, xix–xxi, 19, 33, 92, 103, 114, 116
Fraser-Campbell, Nancy, 106
French resistance, xv, xxii–xxiv, 27, 33–35, 49, 53–54, 56, 62, 65, 74, 92, 103, 107, 109, 113–116, 119, 128, 129, 130, 143, 146, 155, 169
See also Maquis
FTP (Francs-Tireurs et Partisans) (Free Fighters and Partisans), xxiii, 40–41, 70, 86, 90–91, 128, 143
See also Communists, French
Gaspard. See Billard, Raymond; Coulaudon, Emile
Gâtine Forest, 96–98
Genouilly, 86
Germany, surrender of, 103
Gestapo, xv, 52, 67–68, 70, 74, 79, 88–89, 107, 115–117, 130, 148
Gibralter, 26–27
Glières (Maquis), 144
Goumain, Emile, “Emile,” 87
Graçay, 86
Guerbois, Paul, 99
Guerne, Armel, 114–117
Guerne, Périgrine, 114
Hague Convention of Land Warfare of 1907, 166
Halifax bombers, 43–44
harassment, of German troops, 39, 73–74, 88, 97, 100
See also sabotage by SOE
Hay des Nétumières, Madame and Monsieur, 74, 85
Headmaster network, 49–50, 128
Hennequart, Monsieur, 86
Hertford British Hospital, 12
Hirsch, Jacques, 53–54, 58, 69–70, 129
Hirsch, Pierre, 54
Hitler, Adolph, xix–xxi, 99, 142
Hymans, Max, 96
Indre, 41, 59, 70, 74, 81, 87–88, 97, 128, 130
Inter-Services Research Bureau, xxii, 33
See also SOE (Special Operations Executive)
Isabelle Lancray, cosmetics firm, 58
Issoudun, German surrender at, 100–101
Jedburgh teams, 92
Jones (radio operator), 106
Journal Officiel, 118
Judex Mission, 106–107
Keys of the Kingdom, The (Cronin), 11
Koenig, General, 142–143
Kramer, Rita, 165
La Châtre, 55
“La France Libre,” 117
La Lingerie. See Vannier, Paul
“L’Arlèsienne,” 88
See also Cornioley, Cécile Pearl Witherington
Larroque, Hervé, xii, 124, 149, 167, 170
Legion of Honour, 117–118
Leroi-Gourhan, André, 98
Les Souches monument, 154
Livry-Level, Philippe, 42, 117–118, 129
Lottman, Herbert R., 167
Louse de Bettignies: Sister in Arms (d’Argoeuvres), 11
Louvre, the, artwork (in hiding), 98
Luftwaffe, xxi
Maingard, Amédée, 40–41, 49, 64, 69–70, 81, 129, 141, 146–148
Manchester, parachute training at, 35
map:
France at outbreak of World War, II, 21
Pearl’s courier service area, 51
Pearl’s escape from France, 21
Pearl’s service area as Maquis leader, 83
Maquis (resistance groups), xxiii, 39–40, 50, 68, 85–86, 103–105, 130, 143–144
and Americans, 96
and AS (Armée Secréte), 95–97
and D-Day, 73–75
reorganization of, 87–88
See also French Resistance
Maquis S.S.4 (Mockers), 168
Mardon, Armand, 70, 128, 130, 148
Marie-Wrestler network, 75, 81–82, 87, 96, 97, 123, 127, 130, 150, 168
See also Nord-Indre Maquis; North Indre network
Mathieu, René, 69
Mauthausen concentration camp, 128
MBE (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire), 108–110
McCue, Paul, 167
Menzies, T.S. “James,” 93, 106
Mercier, 90–91
MI6. See British Secret Intelligence Service
Michelin family, 62, 64–65, 166–167
Michelin Men, The: Drive an Empire (Lottman), 167
Milice Française (French militia), 56, 130
Miller, John, 112
Minguet, Paul, “Surcouf,” 97
Mockers, Michael, 168
Mont-Mouchet (Maquis), 144
National Confederation of the French Fighting Forces, 118–119
Nazis, xi, xix–xxii, 19–20, 31, 96, 109, 129, 168–169
Nearne, Jacqueline, 49, 59, 106, 130
Nord-Indre Maquis, 87
See also Marie-Wrestler network; North Indre network
Norman, Gilbert, 116
Normandy, 19–20, 57, 82, 89, 151
North Indre network, 59, 81, 87, 97, 128
See also Marie-Wrestler network; Nord-Indre Maquis
Octave. See Chantraine, Auguste
Operation Dynamo (British evacuation from Dunkirk), xx
Operation Sea Lion (Germany’s invasion of Great Britain), xxi
Oradour-sur-Glane (SS massacre), 98
Paoli, Pierre, 74
Paris British School, 10
Parrain, 87
See also Cornioley, Cècile Pearl Witherington
Peenemünde research station, 109
Perdriset, Francis, 87–91, 97–99, 101, 106, 130
Pèrot, Roland, “Comte,” 87, 92
Pétain, Marshal, xxii, 56, 63, 74, 130, 149
pigeons, for intelligence service, 42
Poitiers, 52
Poland, Germany’s invasion of, xx, 19
Portugal, 25–28
Prieur, George, 87
radio operators, 146–152
RAF (Royal Air Force), xxi, 34, 37, 42, 61–62, 82, 109, 117–118, 129, 167, 170
Ravensbrück concentration camp, 74
Ravineau, Gaëtan, 89, 104, 130
Rechenmann, Charles, 40
Rembrandt, 98
Robert. See Boiziau, Camille
Rommel (German military officer), 142
Sabassier family, 70, 74–79, 107, 131
Sabassier, Yvonne, 74, 77, 78, 167
sabotage, by SOE, xxi, 61–62, 64–65, 73–74, 82, 128, 152
See also harassment of German troops
Saint Paul. See de Vomécourt, Philippe
Saint-Viâtre, 85
Scotland, 27
Shipwright network, 129
Signal magazine, 57
SIS. See British Secret Intelligence Service
SOE (Special Operations Executive), xi, xv, xxi–xxiv, 33, 93, 103, 108–110, 113, 116, 128, 131, 143–144, 169
and agents’ clothes, 48
(F), xv, xxii, 31, 33, 96, 115, 118, 127, 128, 130, 131, 147, 165
networks in, 39–40
and new identities for agents, xv, 50, 58, 106
and parachuting, xv, xxiv, 35, 40–46, 49–50, 52, 54, 56, 62, 68–69, 74, 84–87, 92–93, 97, 105, 110–111, 117, 123, 140, 144, 149, 169–170
(RF), xxiv
sabotage by, xxi, 61–62, 64–65, 73–74, 82, 128, 152
secrecy within, 36
training in, 32, 34–36, 44–46, 110
women in, 31–32, 63–64, 123, 165–166
See also Inter-Services Research Bureau
Southgate, Maurice, “Hector Stationer,” 33–34, 131
arrest of, 67–71, 74, 81, 130, 131, 157
as Stationer network leader, 39–41, 46–48, 49–50, 52–54, 58–59, 62–64, 106, 128, 129, 130, 131, 140, 147, 166
Spain, 24–25
Stationer, Hector. See Southgate, Maurice
Stationer network, xxiv, 39–40, 49–50, 62, 67–68, 86, 128, 129, 130, 131, 168
Steegmans, 149
STO (Service du Travail Obligatoire) (German compulsory work service), xxiii, 68, 86
Surcouf. See Minguet, Paul
Surrender of the Elster Column, 96
Suttill, Francis, 116
Switzerland, 28
Taille de Ruine woods, 41, 75, 152
Trochet, André, 81–82, 147, 162
Trochet, Madame and Monsieur Henri, 77, 81–86, 91, 92, 107, 111, 131, 147–148
Tutur, radio operator, 148–149, 151
V-E Day, 103
V1 and V2 German rockets, 106, 109
Vannier, Paul, “La Lingerie,” 87, 150
Venus de Milo sculpture, 98
Vera Atkins: A Life in Secrets, 169
Vercors (Maquis), 144
Vergès, Marie Jeanne Marthe, xv, 58, 106
See also Cornioley, Cécile Pearl Witherington
Vermot, J., “Brouillard,” 93
Vichy France, xxii–xxiii, 56, 61, 130
See also France, free zone
Victoire de Samothrace sculpture, 98
WAAF (Women’s Auxiliary Air Force), 27, 31–32, 109, 165
Wake, Nancy Fiocca, 68
Wehrmacht (regular German army), 77
whistle signals, 46
Witherington, Gertrude (mother), 5–10, 16–18, 108, 127
Witherington, Mimi (sister), 7
Witherington, Richard Sir, 5
Witherington, Wallace (father), 5–8
women, in SOE, 31–32, 63–64, 123, 165–166
Women Heroes of World War II (Atwood), xii
World Bank, 112