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“I think the phrase ‘Column, halt!’ on the next page is what you’re looking for, Sergeant Ditmarle.”
Cartoon by Charles Cartwright in The #SaturdayEveningPost, 9th Oct 1943.
#WAC #WAAC #USArmy #WWII #WW2 #womenshistory #womenatwar #militarywomen #militaryhumor #vintagecartoon
#AnthonyGross was among the 1st #artists to be commissioned as a British official #warartist in #WW2.He created a number of pieces on the #ATS, some as a result of being sent to record their training in 1941.(#Art photographed by IWM) #womenshistory #womeninart #womenatwar
#HappyEaster from the #RaphaelTuck & Sons #postcard collection,"Little Bits of Fluff", showing 2 ducks wearing #womensArmyAuxiliaryCorps hats, the women's branch of #BritishArmy formed 1916🐰🐣🐥🦆Hat from #IWM
#HappyEaster #Easter #WAAC #WWI #greatwar #womenatwar #militarywomen
I visited the @MK_Gallery yesterday to see the fantastic #LauraKnight exhibition.Amongst many stunning pieces, #DameLaura painted women at work in #WWII.
#WomensArt #femaleartist #womeninart #womenatwar #womenshistory #art #arthistory #bringingwomenshistorytothefrontline
‘Letters from Home’ by James Walker Tucker (1898-1972) watercolour on paper, showing women from the #AuxiliaryTerritorialService reading letters in a hut at their camp. #ATS #WW2 #WWII #womenshistory #womenatwar #bringingwomenshistorytothefrontline #artwork #painting #warart
In-Country cartoon by Phil Fehrenbacher #womenatwar #womenshistory #VietnamWar #militarycartoon
1/2 Happy #1stDecember from the 1943 #Varga #Calendar. Censors objected to showing a girl with a #WAAC uniform, but they okayed the caption "A Merry Christmas to you all! I'm off to join the WAACs, And serve the country that I love, Until the Axis cracks!"#WWII #womenatwar #PinUp
#OTD 1917 the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was founded. Here some WAAC women are on telephone line maintenance & repair in Scotland in 1917, though many served as telephone operators supporting the armed forces in France.
#WW1 #womenatwar
Yesterday I was privileged to join @EmaWrac lunch & AGM, a great afternoon meeting many members & hearing the stories of their service as well as looking at uniforms & personal items on display by Area Coordinator @munro075 #WRAC #ATS #WRACAssociation #womenatwar #militarywomen
Today at the #NationalMemorialArboretum @Nat_Mem_Arb to mark 80 yrs of the #AuxiliaryTerritorialService #ATS with #WomensRoyalArmyCorps Association @WRACAssociation There was an act of commemoration & rededication of the ATS statue that resides there #womenatwar #WomensHistory
Today marks 100 years of #WomenatWar100 I am very proud to have served in the WRAF.