Guy returns to Britain, at the height of the Blitz, then posted to the Isle of Mull for commando training. Trimmer is now called McTavish and sent on demolition mission. Accidently lands in France and called a hero to avoid embarrassment.
Guy is back from Italy. Virginia is pregnant with Trimmer's baby but looking for someone with money. She reconnects with Guy and he wants to re-marry her. Guy is posted to Yugoslavia but Virginia dies in a V2 raid while the baby survives.
War is coming and Guy Crouchback wants to fight. Despite his age he joins the Royal Corp of Belvedere, a group of irregulars. While his ex-wife Virginia stirs up old embers it's months of training. Crouchback is sent to Dakor, West Africa.