Emily Metcalf

Excitedly squeezing her older sister Elizabeth’s hand, Emily was awestruck at the sight of the S.S. Tunisian, the ship that would sail them and the other British Home Children to start life afresh in Canada, wiping away her troubles over the last decade. She had persevered through family illnesses and deaths, forced estrangement of siblings,…

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Victoria Huffam-Docherty

Victoria Huffam-Docherty had suffered adversity and challenges in her life, but nothing, not even being a member of Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps (Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps), prepared her for her role as a World War One British war bride.

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