Feature photo courtesy of Mark Barrington of Australia, who shared his copy of a 1945 Picture Post magazine that featured Canadian Lt. Charmian Sansom on the cover of its July 28th, 1945 edition. From the cover: "GOODBYE LISTENERS - Charmian Sansom, Canadian Announcer of the BBC A.E.F. (Allied Expeditionary Forces) Programme, which closes down this week."
“28th July 1945: A member of the Canadian Army Band, at the BBC radio studio before one of the last broadcasts of the Allied Expeditionary Forces Radio show. Original Publication: Picture Post – 2051 – End Of A Programme – pub.1945 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images).”
In researching many of the names and faces associated with the men and women of the Canadian Army Film & Photo Unit, I came across a Canadian Public Relations officer; Lt. Charmian Odette Sansom, with a unique tie-in to the Film Unit…
Lt. Sansom had the distinctive status of being the only female narrator for one of the Canadian Army Newsreels…
To read more, please visit her profile below;
