Vera Brittain was born on December 29, 1893 in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Testament of Youth (2014), Testament of Youth (1979) and The First World War (2003). She was married to George Catlin. She died on March 29, 1970 in Wimbledon, Surrey, England, UK.
Became engaged to Ronald Leighton in August of 1915 but he was killed
during the First World War on December 23 of that year.
Had one son, John Brittain-Catlin (1927-1987).
Author and broadcaster
She was a practical pacifist in the sense that she helped the war effort by working as a fire warden and by travelling around the country raising funds for the Peace Pledge Union's food relief campaign.