Red Cross, Temporary Pass

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Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 309 Send Message	Georgina	Report	29 Feb 2008 11:43
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 309 Send Message	Ivy and Heather, Many thanks for your replies. It gives me food for thought. Georgina
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 20,615 Send Message	Heather	Report	29 Feb 2008 09:34
	If it were a cover story I dont think it would alert people by having it as "temporary". Watton station? In Norfolk? I believe there was a small airfield there - the army camp has in the last 10 years or so been sold off to private developers.
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2,132 Send Message	Ivy	Report	29 Feb 2008 03:09
Member Since: March 2003 Posts: 2,132 Send Message	I seem to recall that British prisoners of war in German camps received Red Cross parcels... I wonder if your relative's cover story was a driver etc going behind enemy lines - and taking the opportunity to keep eyes and ears open? Willing to stand corrected, only a guess.
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 309 Send Message	Georgina	Report	28 Feb 2008 19:27
Member Since: June 2003 Posts: 309 Send Message	Can anyone tell me why temporary passes were issued to people for the purpose of the Red Cross. Am trying to find out about a relative and have a temporary pass for her at Station Watton in 1943. The Red Cross have no record of her. Family gossip says she worked for the Intelligence Services. Georgina