Lois Bennett

 is a young English women from Manchester. At home, she is the lone girl in a family of men with the responsibility of looking after her fragile father and wayward brother, Tom. The war brings around new opportunity's for Lois, to escape her responsibilities and travel away from Manchester.

Biography
Season 1 episode 1

Lois and her boyfriend Harry, protest at a black shirts rally in which they are beaten up and later arrested. At the police station Lois breaks up with Harry as he is going away to Poland to work for the British embassy as a translator and believes they would never work out as she is a working class factory girl and he is part of the upper class. However Harry promises to write to her. 6 months later and Harry has stopped writing to Lois, desperate for news Lois goes to see Harry's cold upper class mother, Robina. She tells Lois that Harry hasn't written and that he has probably come to his senses by now which upsets Lois. Lois' brother is then arrested leaving Lois to look after her father on her own who is struggling with the announcement that Britain has declared war.

Season 1 episode 2

Lois and her best friend Connie audition for ENSA, later her brother is released from prison on the condition that he joins the war however he announces he is going to become a conscientious objector like their father. Harry is back from Poland and Lois tells him that she loves him however, Harry is very distant and Lois notices something is wrong. The next day after persuasion from Connie Lois goes to Harry's house only for Robina to introduce her to a Polish refugee called Jan. Lois begins to bond with Jan even though he speaks every little English but questions why Harry brought Jan back with him. When Harry returns she notices how close Jan and Harry are. However Harry does not allow Lois to be affectionate towards him in front of Jan raising Lois' suspicions especially after Harry tells Lois all about Jan's family but fails to even mention his sisters name. Later Harry and Lois have sex for the first time and Lois breaks up with him revealing that she knows that he has had a relationship with Jan's sister. Lois later tells her father that she is joining ENSA leaving him on his own as she goes to France to entertain the troops.

Season 1 episode 3

Lois arrives in France only to find that Harry is also there with his unit digging trenches, she makes it clear that she wants nothing to do with him and rejects Harry's offer of being friends. Later it is revealed that Lois is pregnant with Harry's baby, when Harry finds out he confronts her about it but Lois is still adamant that she wants nothing to do with him.

Season 1 episode 4

Lois returns to Manchester and tells her dad she is pregnant. Robina comes to their house to tell Lois that Harry is actually married to Kasia (Jan's sister) and tells her that if she had known that Harry was going to marry a polish waitress she would have regarded Lois as more of a prospect. Douglas tells Robina that Lois is pregnant with Harry's baby, when Lois finds out she is furious and tells Robina that she wants nothing to do with them.

Season 1 episode 5

Now heavily pregnant Lois meets fighter pilot, Vernon while performing at an air base. He immediately takes an interest in Lois and when she tells him what happened with Harry he doesn't judge her to Lois' surprise. The two bond and later exchange addresses so he can write to her. Lois also struggles to calm down her father who is suffering badly from his shell shock after hearing no news from Tom who is at Dunkirk.

Season 1 episode 6

Lois discovers that her brother is missing in action after Dunkirk. Harry is also back from France after fighting at Dunkirk and Lois meets up with him to tell him to stay away from her, when he asks what she is going to tell the child about him she tells Harry she will tell the baby that he is dead, leaving Harry stunned. Vernon later makes a proposal to Lois offering to look after her and the baby.

Season 1 episode 7

Lois gives birth to a baby girl. Vernon visits Lois and asks her to think about his proposal after she tells him she is still getting over Harry and it would be unfair for her and him. Robina also visits bringing Lois money for the baby, Lois also promises to keep it a secret that Harry is the father of her baby as she doesn't want to upset Jan. Later Lois goes to the air base to tell Vernon that she isn't going to accept his proposal however when he doesn't return she fears that he might be dead and realises how much she cares for him. Vernon returns unharmed and Lois agrees to marry him.