In 1915, a young woman from Suffolk became a soldier in the Serbian Army. In the same year, nurse Edith Cavell from Norfolk was helping Allied soldiers to escape imprisonment. The women of East Anglia rose to every challenge during the two world wars, from working the land to firefighting. For the first time their story is told, including: The Norwich Ladies Fire Brigade in 1915, the Land Army in Essex and Norfolk, barrage balloon operators at Cardington, Suffolk nurses from the mobile hospital unit and Barbara Meadows - the Cambridgeshire billeting officer who took... the job the men refused [show more]
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Historical documentary on the efforts made by British women during wartime. The programme recounts brave war stories, such as those of the Land Army of Essex and Norfolk, and nurse Edith Cavell, who was executed for helping 200 Allied soldiers escape from Belgium during World War I.
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