
What is recorded here
Emma Sylvia Duffin, born in 1883 at 29 University Square, served as a WWI VAD Commandant and kept a WWII diary before illustrating books. The blue plaque marks her birthplace and lists those roles without claiming she died young or invented a new fact. Ulster History Circle recorded the plaque, preserving her life across wars and pages.
This blue commemorative plaque records: Emma Sylvia Duffin 1883-1979 Nurse WWI VAD Commandant WWII diarist, book illustrator born here Recorded plaque organisation: Ulster History Circle.
Emma Sylvia Duffin was a nurse who served in both World Wars and is remembered for her wartime diaries and work as an illustrator.
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