From North Africa, back to Britain and then through Europe, Letters of Love in WW2 tells a unique story of the Second World War from the perspective of two people that lived through it. Three months after they wed, Cyril and Olga found themselves separated by the Second World War. Between 1940 and 1946, their love was kept alive on the pages of a thousand letters and postcards, found decades later by their family after they had both passed on. With their family’s poignant and emotional interviews bookending each episode and featuring the voices of Downton...
“We can learn so much not just from letters and correspondence but just from talking to family and keeping the stories alive.”
Sam Pearson interviews Ancestry's resident genealogist Simon Pearce. An expert in First and Second World War history, Simon is able to give insight into how you can...
Published 09/01/20
“He was doing 100 press-ups every morning.”
The Mowforth family share some of their fond memories of Cyril and Olga.
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Published 08/25/20