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Description: | British civilian served with Royal Engineers Ordnance Survey in GB, 1910-1916; served with overseas branch of Ordnance Survey, Women's Auxiliary Army Corps in France, 1916-1919
REEL 1 Background in Southampton, 1893-1912: employment as music teacher's assistant, 1908-1912. Aspects of period with Royal Engineers Ordnance Survey in GB, 1912-1916. Aspects of service with overseas branch of Ordnance Survey, Women's Auxiliary Army Corps in France, 1916-1919: uniform; memory of outbreak of war, 1914 and question of volunteering to work in France, 1916; story of brother's wartime service; accommodation in Wardreaux and Wimereux, France; relations with domestic staff and troops; evacuation of staff; reaction to shelling; illness; recreational activities; memory of Armistice celebrations, 11/11/1918; period in Boulogne. Post-war employment in Southampton and story of husband's injury. Further comments on conditions in France, including pay and opinion of food. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Anon | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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