| Mrs. | Appleyard | Ursula's neighbor. |
| Mr. | Armitage | An opera singer. |
| Gilbert | Armstrong | Maurice's friend. |
| Leonard | Ash | The former butcher's boy. |
| Enid | Barker | One of the secretaries. |
| Cecil | Beaton | The photographer. |
| Mr. | Bentley | Ursula's neighbor. |
| Llewellyn | Beresford | Sylvie's father. |
| Lottie | Beresford | Sylvie's mother. |
| Eva | Braun | Klara's friend. Hitler's mistress. |
| Helmut | Brenner | Klara's brother. |
| Klara | Brenner | Ursula's friend. |
| Mr. | Brenner | Klara's father. |
| Mrs. | Brenner | Klara's mother. |
| Mr. | Bullock | Miss Woolf's colleague. |
| Mr. | Carver | The man who ran the secretarial college. |
| Benjamin | Cole | Mr. Cole's son. |
| Daniel | Cole | Mr. Cole's son. |
| Mr. | Cole | Banker. The Todd's neighbor. |
| Simon | Cole | Mr. Cole's son. |
| Lady | Daunt | The woman who lost a child. |
| Clarence | Dodds | Sylvie's gardener. Bridget's fiancé. |
| Mrs. | Dodds | Clarence's mother. |
| Mrs. | Duckworth | Dr. Kellet's receptionist. |
| Mr. | Durkin | One of the wardens. |
| Mr. | Durkin | Ursula's deputy. |
| Miss | Fawcett | One of Ursula's clerical assistants. |
| Dr. | Fellowes | Ursula's doctor. |
| Delphie | Fox | The author in the photograph. |
| Frieda | Fuchs | Ursula and Jurgen's daughter. |
| Jurgen | Fuchs | Klara's half-cousin. Ursula's husband. |
| George | Glover | Mrs. Glover's son. |
| Mrs. | Glover | The Todd's cook. |
| Mrs. | Haddock | The midwife. |
| Miss | Hartnell | Ursula's neighbor. |
| Adolf | Hitler | The Nazi leader. AKA: Fuhrer. |
| | Hoffman | The photographer of the Chancellor. |
| Dr. | Kellet | Ursula's doctor. |
| Guy | Kellet | Dr. Kellet's son. |
| John | Lewis | The restaurant owner. |
| Dolly | Miller | Mr. Miller's wife. |
| Mr. | Miller | The Todd's friend. |
| Renew | Miller | The Miller's oldest daughter. |
| Lavinia | Nesbit | A spinster. Ursula's neighbor. |
| Ruth | Nesbit | Lavinia's sister. |
| Derek | Oliphant | Ursula's abusive husband. |
| Mrs. | Oliphant | Derek's mother. |
| Mr. | Palmer | A bank manager. |
| Mr. | Ridgley | The gardener. AKA: Old Tom. |
| Major | Shawcross | The Todd's new neighbor. |
| Roberta | Shawcross | Major Shawcross's wife. |
| Mr. | Simms | Ursula's deputy. |
| Fred | Smith | The butcher's boy. |
| Adelaide | Todd | Hugh's mother. |
| Edward | Todd | Ursula's brother. AKA: Teddy. |
| Edwina | Todd | Maurice's wife. |
| Hugh | Todd | Ursula's father. |
| Isobel | Todd | Hugh's sister. AKA: Izzy. |
| Jimmy | Todd | Ursula's brother. AKA: Teddy. |
| Sylvie | Todd | Ursula's mother. |
| Ursula | Todd | Protagonist. |
| Sam | Wellington | Bridget's boyfriend. |
| Archibald | Winton | Ursula's rescuer. |
| Miss | Woolf | A retired hospital matron. The senior warden of the rescue squad. |
| Mr. | Zimmerman | An orchestra violinist from Berlin. |
| Adelheid | | The blonde Amazon. |
| Alice | | The parlor maid. |
| Andrew | | Pamela's son. |
| Anthony | | The civil defense messenger boy. |
| Augustus | | Izzie's dog. |
| Barry | | Sylvie's evacuee. |
| Beatrice | | The Shawcross's girl. |
| Bobby | | Sylvie's evacuee. |
| Bosun | | The Todd's dog. |
| Bridget | | Mrs. Todd's maid. Sylvie's sister. |
| Chamberlain | | The UK's Prime Minister. |
| Christopher | | Pamela's son. |
| Crighton | | Ursula's boyfriend. |
| Emil | | Mrs. Appleyard's baby. |
| Farber | | Ursula's neighbor. |
| Gerald | | Pamela's new baby. |
| Gertie | | The Shawcross's girl. |
| Gretl | | Eva's sister. |
| Hamish | | Sylvie's dog. |
| Hanne | | Klara's younger sister. AKA: Hannelore Brenner. |
| Harold | | Pamela's fiancé. A doctor. |
| Hazel | | Maurice's child. |
| Hector | | Sylvie's dog. |
| Henrietta | | The Old Chicken. |
| Herta | | Eva's friend. |
| Hilda | | The girl who was supposed to be Ursula's flatmate. |
| Hilde | | Klara's younger sister. AKA: Hildegard Brenner. |
| Howard | | Maurice's friend. |
| Jeanette | | A vicar's daughter. Pamela's friend. |
| Lily | | Sylvie's friend. |
| Lottie | | Bridget and Sylvie's mother. |
| Maisie | | Mr. Glover's favorite cow. |
| Margaret | | Sylvie's friend. |
| Marjorie | | Sylvie's new maid. |
| Maurice | | Hugh and Sylvie's child. |
| Meyer | | Farber's sister. |
| Millie | | The Shawcross' girl. |
| Mills | | Hugh's old nanny. |
| Moira | | Crighton's wife. |
| Nancy | | The Shawcross' girl. |
| Nicky | | Renee's boyfriend. |
| Nigel | | Pamela's son. |
| Olive | | Harold's mother. |
| Pamela | | Hugh and Sylvie's child. |
| Philip | | Maurice's child. |
| Phyllis | | A dentist's wife. |
| Ralph | | A soldier. Ursula's companion. |
| Roland | | Izzie's son. |
| Sarah | | Pamela and Harold's only daughter. |
| Tiffin | | Sylvie's pony. |
| Trixie | | The Todd's new dog. |
| Westie | | The new dog. |
| Winnie | | The Shawcross' girl. |