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Sylvia Graham

Played by Joanna David

Fact title Fact data
Date of birth
7 May 1862
Place of birth
Newcastle
Age at outbreak of WW1
52
Address
Bouverie Square, Folkestone

The eldest of sister of Phyllis and Adeline, Sylvia comes from aristocratic Marshall stock and married money when she married Gabriel Graham. Sylvia and her Folkestone councillor husband are parents to Isabel, Cressida, Juliet and Freddie.

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