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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 .
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.
Auxiliary Territorial Service [1] (1941–1949) Chief controller Senior controller ... Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939–1940) Senior controller: Controller:
Helen Gwynne-Vaughan was made Chief Controller of the newly formed Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in 1939. [4] This was a role that Mary Baxter Ellis had turned down, but she agreed however to supply 1500 women to serve with the ATS as long as they could be independent.
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 ...
The Women's Auxiliary Service (Burma) (WAS(B)) also known as the Chinthe Women because of the mythological creature that formed their badge. [1] [2] The unit was formed on 16 January 1942 and disbanded in 1946. They were a 250 strong group of British and Australian women who operated mobile canteens for the troops of Burma Command in World
The Queen’s Piper will help close her state funeral with a rendition of the traditional piece Sleep, Dearie, Sleep. Pipe Major Paul Burns, the monarch’s personal player at the time of her ...
Brigadier Dame Mary Mackenzie Anderson DBE (3 February 1916 – 18 June 2006) [1] [2] was a British Army officer. Having served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during the Second World War, she then rose through the ranks of the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) and served as director of WRAC from 1967 to 1970.