Nellie's War Author:Victor Pemberton Stumbling from the bombed orphanage, Vicky Hobson can't even remember her name. The evacuees who give her shelter name her Nellie, the only girl in "Toff" Hecht's gang, until she has to move on. She meets Bert and Doris Beckwith, and becomes a theatrical seamstress, but she can't forget "Toff".