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General => Armed Forces => World War Two => Topic started by: c-side on Sunday 11 March 18 23:17 GMT (UK)
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The young lady below is the great aunt of a friend of mine. All he knows about her wartime life is that she was in the ATS. Can anything else be gleaned from her uniform?
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Think the badge on battle dress means she was attached to Royal Artillery possibly Anti Aircraft Battery
Ady
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Thanks Ady, that makes sense - we did have one here.
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Military pedantry - she has put her lanyard on the wrong shoulder but makes up for it by wearing Gunner buttons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiJgew_bzj0 The side hat (common term) was an alternative to the awful peaked cap. They served in both anti-aircraft and searchlight units, in the latter later in the war forming all ATS units.
MaxD
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Interesting :) It's clear on the video that they all had lanyards on the right - I wonder why she had hers on the left. Perhaps the photographer thought it would look better that way!!
Thanks for the info.