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The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS; often pronounced as an acronym) was the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War. It was formed on 9 September 1938, initially as a women's voluntary service, and existed until 1 February 1949, when it was merged into the Women's Royal Army Corps .
Auxiliary Territorial Service [1] (1941–1949) Chief controller Senior controller ... Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939–1940) Senior controller: Controller:
Cap Badge of the Auxiliary Territorial Service By 1941, after two years of war Anti-Aircraft Command , tasked with defending the UK against air attack, was suffering a manpower shortage. In April its commander-in-chief, Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick 'Tim' Pile , proposed to overcome this by utilising the women of the Auxiliary Territorial ...
The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS): ATS working on a Churchill tank at a Royal Army Ordnance Corps Depot. Photograph shows the women guiding the turret into position. Many ATS worked with the newly formed REME on jobs such as this.
Women's Auxiliary Service may refer to: Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma), a group of British and Australian women who operated mobile canteens for the troops of Burma Command in World War II; Women's Auxiliary Service (Poland), a unit of the Polish Armed Forces during World War II; Women's Auxiliary Service (United Kingdom), a national ...
QMAACs marching in London at the end of World War I, 1918 QMAAC tug-o-war team at the New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, France, August 1918. The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), known as Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC) from 9 April 1918, was the women's corps of the British Army during and immediately after the First World War. [1]
The General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Anti-Aircraft Command 1939–1945, General Sir Frederick Pile, supported the employment of women of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) to these operational roles. They were first deployed to heavy anti-aircraft (HAA) gun units to work the AA instruments, radars and command posts.
Dembowski, De Freycinet and Joan arrive; the misunderstanding escalates; and Joan storms out. The three men plan to confront her, but cowardice prevails and at The Sanctuary's bar they drunkenly make up their differences and swear off women. Joan overhears and gives up on men. On 18 September 1940, she joins the Auxiliary Territorial Service ...