The life of Beatrice Todd - a remarkable Preston woman who was a hero of the home front during the First World War - is being recognised with a blue plaque that fittingly will be unveiled today, International Women’s Day IWD2023
The life of a remarkable Preston woman who was a hero of the home front during the First World War is being recognised with a blue plaque that fittingly will be unveiled today, International Women’s Day.Beatrice Todd was the prime mover in establishing the Sailors and Soldiers Buffet on Preston Railway Station, which welcomed more than 3.5 million servicemen and women between 1915-1919 as they passed through the town.
As well as having an impact on those who passed through Preston on their way to and from the battlefields of the Great War, she played an important role in improving the lives of local people.Beatrice Todd Pic: Friends of Winckley Square Beatrice led the committee to establish the Preston Infant Welfare Voluntary Women’s Association, two years before corporations were required to set them up by the government.
Beatrice, who was born in 1876 in Essex and died in 1958, was also very active in the Leyland area when living at Farington Lodge, helping establish the Leyland Day Nursery.The Soldiers and sailors Free Buffet Plaque
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