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Description: | British NCO served as clerk with Women's Auxiliary Army Corps in London, GB, 1917-1918
REEL 1: Background in Devon, 1894-1917: family; education; employment as book-keeper; reaction to outbreak of war, 4/Aug/1914; story of death of fiancée on Somme; story of volunteering for military service and initial rejection. Recollections of period as clerk with Women's Auxiliary Army Corps in London , 1917-1918: uniform; description of duties as clerk in Records Office; number of staff; hours; accommodation in hostel; pay; memory of attending Promenade concerts; social life; attitude to wearing uniform; description of hostel; opinion of food; relations with officers; attitude to overseas service; promotion to Forewoman Clerk and description of duties and privileges; comparison of different hostels; memories of air raids and air raid shelters; blackout procedure.
REEL 2 Continues: state of health and medical services; transport to work; question of remaining with Women's Auxiliary Army Corps after demobilisation; memories of Armistice celebrations, 11/Nov/1918. Post-war life and employment. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Stovold, Jan R | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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