Interviewee: Smith, Margaret

Interviewer: Price, Kristin

ABSTRACT: Peggy Smith Mrs. Smith grew up in Scotland, and worked in the munitions factory when the war began. She was engaged first to a British sailor who was killed in 1942, then became engaged and married to a Canadian Serviceman from Nova Scotia. They were married in September of 1945. She came to Canada after her husband in January of 1945 on the Queen Mary. Her husband remained in the army and they lived in the married quarters on the base. Her husband's alcoholism eventually led to their divorce, upon which Mrs. Smith moved to Victoria to be with her children. She has visited England but calls Canada her home.

An interview/narrative of Peggy Smith's experiences during World War II. Interview took place on November 14, 2006.

In Collection:

• Canadian Military Oral Histories

Contributor

• Price, Kristin
• Smith, Margaret

Subject

• World War (1914-1918)
• World War (1939-1945)
• Personal narratives--Canadian
• Military history

Language

• eng

Date created

• November 14, 2006

Relation

• Title of paper: "British War Brides".
• Part of the Military Oral History Class collection of interviews.

Resource type

• Sound

Rights statement

• In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Extent

• 2 sound recordings (MP3)

Geographic Coverage

• England
• British Columbia--Victoria

Coordinates

• 52.16045, -0.70312
• 48.4359, -123.35155

Additional physical characteristics

• Original recordings (DVF) on compact disc (CD) in Special Collections.

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Canadian Military Oral History Collection

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• reminiscences
• sound recordings
• oral histories (literary genre)
• interviews

Archival item identifier

• SM_504

Fonds title

• Military oral history collection

Fonds identifier

• SC141

Is referenced by

• Special Collections Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/military-oral-history-collection

Date digitized

• January 23, 2013

Technical note

• Digital sound recording in .mp3 format at 56 kbps and 22 kHz. Digitized by JF, technical and cataloguing metadata provided by JF and JP. Interview migrated to digital format for UVic Special Collections in 2013. Migration metadata by KD and MT.

Rights

• This interview has been posted with the understanding that it may be used for research purposes only. Should the interviewee or their heirs have any objections to this interview being accessible on the Internet, it will be removed promptly. Contact UVic Special Collections for permission if using for other than research purposes: speccoll@uvic.ca

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/e180-9s45

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