The inspirational story of Mercedes Gleitze, the first British woman to swim the English Channel and her battle against both the cold waters of the Channel and the oppressive society of 1920s England.
25 February 1960, Plymouth, Devon, England, UK
20 February 1958, Rangoon, Burma [now Yangon, Myanmar]
14 August 1985, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
1942, Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, UK
15 December 1981, Reading, Berkshire, England, UK

