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Sylvia Graham
Played by Joanna David
Fact title | Fact data |
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Date of birth |
7 May 1862
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Place of birth |
Newcastle
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Age at outbreak of WW1 |
52
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Address |
Bouverie Square, Folkestone
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The eldest of sister of and , Sylvia comes from aristocratic Marshall stock and married money when she married . Sylvia and her Folkestone councillor husband are parents to , , and .
She has a strong sense of civic duty, and the war gives her the opportunity to play a greater role in public life.
Played by Deborah Findlay in Seasons 1 and 2, and Barbara Flynn in Seasons 3 and 4.

"The picture that is most extraordinary is the one of all four brothers"
Joanna David discusses the different fates met by her grandfather and great uncles in WW1
