Edith M Poland

Civilian
media-16072.jpeg UPL 16072 Edith Poland 1945

Object Number - UPL 16072 - Edith Poland 1945

Edith was only 19 in May 1945, when she started her diary and lived in Liverpool.

Edith was a ‘doughnut girl’, volunteering for The American Red Cross. Her duties included meeting G.I.s coming secretly into Liverpool by boat, often late at night, in preparation for the Allied invasion of Europe, with coffee and doughnuts! The diary offers a great insight into her teenage life, working in an insurance office in the day and then rushing to the Red Cross Club mobile to perform her volunteering duties in the evening. Edith describes meeting soldiers and sailors from all over the USA and wrote many of them, as well as going to regular dances and on dates with the G.Is.

Edith was very aware of the developments of the war in Europe and writes almost daily about the advancing Allied troops.

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Units served with

Places

The Winter Gardens cinema in Liverpool, taken by Charles E Jackson of the 467th Bomb Group. Image by Charles E Jackson. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Liverpool, Eng.'
  • Site type: Military site
  • Known as: Kirby House; Silcocks Warehouse

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Liverpool, Merseyside, UK 28 May 1926

Died

Liverpool, Merseyside, UK 31 March 1989 Aged 57

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