Sarah Illingworth

Played by Naomi Frederick

Fact title	Fact data
Date of birth	3 September 1874
Place of birth	Harrogate
Age at outbreak of WW1	39
Occupation	Women's Welfare Officer

Not a native of Tyneside, Sarah is a women’s welfare officer at Marshalls munitions factory. Strict on discipline, she takes no nonsense from her charges. Yet, beneath her sometimes hard-line approach lies a caring soul that is eager to help the factory’s female workers better themselves.