This is Staffordshire --THE name of Winifred Ethel Elsmore always stood out on the war memorial to former employees at Royal Doulton's once-thriving Burslem factory.
She was the only female among a host of men killed in conflict and featured on the Nile Street tribute.
Now one of Winifred's relatives has shed more light on the life of the woman she knew as 'Aunty Winnie'.
Anne Fearns, aged 70, of Wolstanton, has fond memories of her auntie – even though she was just four years old when Winifred died in 1947.
Mrs Fearns said: "She loved all her nieces and nephews and my mum and Auntie Winnie were very close. She was my godmother.
"Every Remembrance weekend we would take flowers to the war memorial at Royal Doulton for her."
Official records show Company Sergeant Major Winifred Ethel Elsmore was killed in a road accident in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya, on July 13, 1947. She was the eldest daughter of Francis and Sarah Jane Elsmore, of Chelmsford Road, Wolstanton.
But it has now emerged that Winifred worked at Royal Doulton's Burslem factory as a supervisor in the decorating department with many of her relatives.
She was also well known for her work with the Girl Guides in Wolstanton and as a Sunday School teacher and took a leading role in the Wedgwood Bicentenary Pageant.
Following the outbreak of war with Nazi Germany, she volunteered to support the troops in 1942 and served with The Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) as a manageress in Blackpool. In 1944, she was shipped out to Italy, where she managed a canteen in Naples until the end of the war.
She remained with the Army after the war and was then posted to Malaya, being promoted to Company Sergeant Major just months before she died.
Mrs Fearns, who herself worked for Royal Doulton for 42 years, said: "She was killed in a road accident, she broke her neck. We don't know how it happened.
"She was buried at Kuala Lumpur war ceremony. There were some photographs of her funeral which were sent back to the family.
"Not long ago a family friend went out to Malaya and managed to find her grave and took some photographs for me. It is a beautiful cemetery.
"I have lots of photographs which she took in Malaya. I think she loved it in the Army. She rode horses, she skied, it looks like she had a great time."
Mrs Fearns is one of many former Royal Doulton employees who want to know what happened to the memorial after the factory closed.
Site owner St Modwen says it has been stolen – but has promised to replicate the original memorial from a photograph.
Former Doulton worker Allen Jones, aged 55, of Madeley, who worked for the pottery giant for 22 years, said: "Winifred Elsmore was always a name which stood out on the memorial. I used to wonder about her and think, 'how unusual'. You do not see many female names on a war memorial." Reported by This is 3 days ago.