Phyllis Latour - Wikipedia
Phyllis " Pippa " Latour MBE (8 April 1921 – 7 October 2023) was a South African-born agent of the United Kingdom's clandestine Special Operations Executive (SOE) organisation in France during …
Phyllis Latour: The secret life of a WW2 heroine revealed - BBC
Oct 13, 2023 · Genevieve's real name was Phyllis Latour. After she married, she became known as Pippa Doyle, moved to New Zealand, and rarely spoke about her wartime career.
The untold story of WWII’s last female spy - RNZ
Apr 21, 2024 · New Zealand's member of parliament Judith Collins (left) and Phyllis Latour Doyle look at the Knight of the national Order of the Legion of Honour award she received from French …
Phyllis Latour Doyle: The Last Link to Churchill’s Secret Army
Oct 19, 2025 · Phyllis “Pippa” Latour Doyle, who passed away in New Zealand at the age of 102 in 2023, was the last surviving female agent of Winston Churchill’s Special Operations Executive …
The Wartime Spies Who Used Knitting as an Espionage Tool
Mar 16, 2022 · Phyllis Latour Doyle, a secret agent for Britain during World War II—and now, at 100, the last surviving woman who spied for the Special Operations Executive—spent the war years sneaking ...
Phyllis Latour Doyle: The Forgotten Spy Whose Knitting Helped Pave …
Apr 7, 2025 · The 23-year-old secret agent hid her codes in knitting to avoid detection by the Nazis. In May 1944, a 23-year-old British secret agent named Phyllis Latour Doyle parachuted into occupied …
Knitting As Spycraft: The Story of Phyllis Latour Doyle
Apr 1, 2025 · Phyllis Latour Doyle, nicknamed “Pippa”, was an extraordinary woman who used knitting as a tool of resistance during World War II. Her story is a testament to quiet bravery, clever tactics, …
Phyllis Ada “Pippa” Latour Doyle N.B.E. (1921-2023) - Find a Grave
Oct 7, 2023 · Phyllis, always known as Pippa, was born in Durban, South Africa. Her French father, Phillipe Latour, a doctor in a part of what was then Equatorial French Africa and is now the Republic …
Remembering WW2 Special Operations Agent, Phyllis 'Pippa' Latour Doyle
Oct 17, 2023 · The RAF Benevolent Fund would like to pay tribute to the service and life of WW2 Special Operations Agent and Fund beneficiary, Phyllis 'Pippa' Latour Doyle. Pippa, who was the last …
A Kenya Heroine from World War II | Old Africa Magazine
Apr 20, 2015 · Phyllis (‘Pippa’) Ada Latour Doyle was awarded France’s highest honour, the Chevalier of the Legion d’Honneur, on 25 November 2014, by the French ambassador to New Zealand. What …