War Brides: From Sea to Sea
The Memory Project, presented by Historica-Dominion Institute, includes stories from women who served, as well as those who became war brides, hailing as far and wide as Europe and India. Click on any of these images to be taken to their profile with podcast interviews and extra images.
Joan Bennett Johnson (née Cobb)
Home Town: Ryde, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom
Nora Carrington Oliver (née Watson)
Home Town: Madras, India
Joyce Paynter (née Andrews)
Home Town: Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Edna May "Bunny" Simpson (née Burrows)
Home Town: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Sylvia Power
Home Town: London, United Kingdom
Kay Ruddick (née Douglass)
Home Town: Moncton, New Brunswick
Grace Susan Shewan (née Major)
Home Town: Greenwich, United Kingdom
Betty Pedersen
Home Town: Coventry, United Kingdom
Isobel Annison Summers (née Hafekost)
Home Town: Horden, United Kingdom
Audrey F Detheridge
Home Town: Tees Water, Ontario
Vivia Emily Stewart
Home Town: Mumbles, United Kingdom
Mavis Pauline Jeannette Butlin
Home Town: London, United Kingdom
Isabella MacDougall
Home Town: Dundee, United Kingdom
Doreen Violet "Dore" Lawrence (née Bardwell)
Home Town: Ipswich, United Kingdom
Betty Hawkins (née Ackhurst)
Home Town: London, United Kingdom
Bessie Roy (née Forrest)
Home Town: London, Ontario
Christine Mabel Moss
Home Town: Thunder Bay, Ontario