W.R.A.B c1950

[lisalisa]

Hello,

please can someone enlighten me as to the role of a woman in the W.R.A.B (I think that is what the initials read) in the late 1940s to early 1950s?

Would the person have been residential on a military base?
Would they or could they have been posted to other locations in the UK?

What did they do?

many thanks, I don't have a clue about this, so anything is helpful,

Lisa

[Andy J2022]

Never heard of the WRAB. It's probably WRAC - Women's Royal Army Corps. A female soldier in the WRAC could have been posted to most places in the world where the men were serving. However a very paternalistic attitude prevailed and women were not allowed to serve in areas where they might become involved in combat. For example in the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in the 1970s WRAC personnel were not deployed into the forward areas. They were predominantly employed as clerks, cooks and drivers in the very early days. They would live in separate accommodation from the men but in most other respects they were subject to the same conditions as the men.  Different standards applied for physical fitness (as in sport). In the 1990s the Army woke up to the real world and women were integrated into the other corps of the Army and the WRAC was disbanded. These days women can serve in all the teeth arms (Armoured and Infantry units for example).

[ShaunJ]

WRAF perhaps   ?

[lisalisa]

the abbreviation appears on a marriage cert, in the space for rank or profession of the woman.

I can see that the letter I thought was 'B' does look a bit like a 'C' on another line.

thank you

[Andy J2022]

Since the word above seems to be private, that rules out the WRAF and makes it more likely that whoever filled in the register misheard the 'c' as a 'b'.

[lisalisa]

thanks,
there is a 'C' in the address which looks similar.  So either misheard or handwriting.

 

[lisalisa]

So would there have been a base where a WRAC could be in the Kidderminster area c1950?

thank you

[Andy J2022]

Nothing close by comes to mind. There's Donnington to the North of Telford, and Bramcote over near Nuneaton. But  there were probably other barracks in the area which have since been demolished. It's not a part of the country I know that well.

[Andy J2022]

Norton Barracks in Worcester, home to the Worcestershire Regiment at one time. Also Bewdley Camp ?Kidderminster.