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Home Front

25 January 1917 - Sylvia Graham

Duration: 11 minutes

on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for years

On this day in 1917, 354 Canadian soldiers drowned when their ship hit a mine off the Irish coast, and Sylvia Graham does her best to steer her family through choppy waters. Show more

Contributors

Sylvia Graham:
Joanna David
Gabriel Graham:
Michael Bertenshaw
Adeline Lumley:
Helen Schlesinger
Phyllis Marshall:
Christine Absalom
Daisy Jenkins:
Hannah Wood
Isabel Graham:
Keely Beresford
Cressida Marshall:
Bettrys Jones
Writer:
Katie Hims

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