Recherche dans la collection - Saunders, Lil Reel - Interview

THE GREAT WAR AND CANADIAN SOCIETY PROJECT

1975-0098

Enregistrement sonore

1 of 1

1974-06-03

Opportunities for Youth

interviewer, William Richardson

Interview of Mrs. Lil Reel Saunders, maiden name Minty, age 90, who was born in Dorset England in 1875 and came to Canada in 1904. She was a nurse during both World War One and World War Two. She married twice, to a Mr. Reel in England before she came to Canada, and then to a Mr. Saunders. She talks about: settling in Toronto in 1904; her husband’s job at Massey-Harris; buying land; neighbours and friends helping them build their house; moving to London, Ontario in 1911; her husband enlisting in the First World War; her volunteering as a nurse; her view that “England wanted help and we were English”; her husband’s previous experience as a boy in the Royal Navy; her husband’s death in World War One; getting a widow’s pension and doing some nursing jobs; winning a popularity contest; and membership in the Canadian Legion.

English

Libre

No Restrictions / Pas de restrictions

With written permission of Copyright Owner / Avec la permission écrite du détenteur des droits d'auteur