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Yarmouth and Thorley Voices

WWII Marriages 1940s

Eileen Lansdowne, working at Mills in Yarmouth before WWII, joined the ATS

Eileen Smith in ATS uniform

Eileen Smith in ATS uniform

and on leave in 1945,  married Ralph Smith who had left Mills to enlist in Princess Beatrice’s Own in 1939,

Eileen Lansdowne marries Ralph Smith 1945

Eileen Lansdowne marries Ralph Smith 1945

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged 1940s, 1945, Eileen Lansdowne, Mills, Princess Beatrice’s Own, Ralph Smith, WWII on July 14, 2013 by Jill Cowley.

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A selection of memories

  • Free Time : Brownies and Guides, and a special occasion
  • Carnival week 1949 : Pier Shore
  • The Dashwood Family and Yarmouth Church
  • The Dashwood family of ‘The Mount’
  • WWII Brownies War Effort: Delia Whitehead
  • WWII Childhood Memories: Sheltering in Air Raids
  • WWII: Thorley Marsh mystery
  • WWII Firewatch : Delia Whitehead
  • WWII Canadians at Rofford House: Delia Whitehead
  • Delia Whitehead nee Hunt :Confirmation at St. James’ Church
  • Granny Hunt: Home nursing and more
  • Doctor Drummond, Yarmouth Doctor
  • Delia Whitehead: Harvest Festival at St. Swithin’s Thorley
  • Delia Whitehead : Picking snowdrops at Thorley old church
  • Delia Whitehead: War years at Yarmouth School