Jane Todd
Scottish War Bride
Jane Todd (1926 - ) was 13 when the Second World War broke out in Europe. Four years later she met a soldier from the Loyal Edmonton Regiment at a dance, Jimmy Todd. Jimmy had served in the Italian Campaign, Ortona and then the Liberation of Holland. They got married in 1945 when he was on one-week leave from fighting in Holland. After the war they returned to Canada on separate ships, and settled in rural Alberta where they raised their family.
Interview with Jane Todd, War Bride, 2008
Jane Todd, War Bride. Interviewed July 2008