Newcastle-under-Lyme

Newcastle-under-Lyme is the town where Vera is born.

Macclesfield

Macclesfield is where the Brittain family move when Vera is eighteen months old.

Buxton

Buxton is where the Brittan family move when Vera is eleven.

Oxford

Oxford is the location of Oxford University of which Somerville College is a part.

London

London is the capital of England.

Lowestuft

Lowestoft is on the east coast of England where Roland's family estate is located.

Brighton

Brighton is an area near London where both Roland's and Vera's families relocate to.

Malta

Malta is an island in the Mediterranean where Vera is assigned.

Italy

Italy, in Southern Europe, is where Vera travels through on her way to England.

France

France is the European country where the heavy fighting takes place and where Vera is assigned in August 1917.