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- Tickets to garden party for women’s services jubilee, 1 June 1967
- Object name(s):
- ticket
- Brief description:
- Tickets to garden party for women’s services jubilee, 1 June 1967.
The Women’s Services Jubilee Celebrations Garden Party was held in Burton Court at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, London. It was part of the celebrations to mark the 50 years of female service since the founding of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps in 1917.
From a collection of papers of Betty Mould MBE (1895-1988), Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1909-1981.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- ticket
- Object number:
- NAM. 1994-01-256-35
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/dae89e6c-4793-3868-b69f-86e517465dc3
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- Title:
- Pair of officer’s mess dress shoes, The Princess Royal, Women's Royal Army Corps, worn by Princess Mary, 1963 (c)
- Object name(s):
- shoe
- Brief description:
- Pair of officer’s mess dress shoes, The Princess Royal, Women's Royal Army Corps, worn by Princess Mary, 1963 (c).
White and gold brocade over leather.
Princess Mary, who had been Controller Commandant of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) during the Second World War, was appointed Controller Commandant of the Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC) on its formation in 1949. She held the honorary rank of Major-General until her death in 1965.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Uniforms
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- shoe
- Object number:
- NAM. 1994-03-297-4
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6b122d62-92c6-3ba4-86d5-3626533936f0
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- Title:
- Button, 6th Bengal Native Infantry, pre-1857
- Object name(s):
- button
- Brief description:
- Button, 6th Bengal Native Infantry, pre-1857.
Large, brass, circular button with the regimental number, ‘6’, within a French circle and dot, within a wreath.
Part of the East India Company’s Bengal Army, the 6th Bengal Native Infantry was renumbered in 1824 but its origins went back to 1763 with the raising of a 13th Battalion. In 1857, like many Bengal Army units, the regiment mutinied, killing many of their European officers at Allahabad.
From the Field Marshal Sir John Chapple Indian Army Collection.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- button
- Object number:
- NAM. 2013-10-20-48-37
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/e92f5cc9-07de-33e5-ae30-b81bac10535b
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- Title:
- Tea tent ticket relating to the War Workers Party at Buckingham Palace, 25 July 1919
- Object name(s):
- papers
- Brief description:
- Tea tent ticket relating to the War Workers Party at Buckingham Palace, 25 July 1919.
Forewoman Betty Mould of Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps was one of thousands of servicemen and women who attended the garden party at the palace. This ticket would have admitted her to ‘A Tea Tent’.
From a collection of papers of Betty Mould MBE (1895-1988), Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1909-1981.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- papers
- Object number:
- NAM. 1994-01-256-14
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/ededd8bf-20fc-3cc7-8146-bdc7db4845b5
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- Title:
- Formation badge, 5th (Kresowa) Infantry Division, Polish Army, 1942-1945
- Object name(s):
- formation badge
- Brief description:
- Formation badge, 5th (Kresowa) Infantry Division, Polish Army, 1942-1945.
Shield-shaped cloth badge with bison emblem.
This division was raised in Iraq during World War Two (1939-1945) and trained in Palestine. It landed in Italy in February 1944 and formed part of the 8th Army during the Italian Campaign. The bison was chosen because they lived in reservations in the Bialowieza Forest on the Polish Eastern Border.
From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- formation badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 2001-08-850-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/53b70375-7df8-3004-822d-dc7c46e7806f
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- Title:
- Shirt, Women's Royal Army Corps and Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, Standard Pattern, 1972
- Object name(s):
- shirt
- Brief description:
- Shirt, Women's Royal Army Corps and Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, Standard Pattern, 1972.
White shirt with tabs in bottle green and grey for each Corps, with sealed pattern labels.
A ‘sealed pattern’ is a prototype of any item that the British Army issued to soldiers. It provided clothing or equipment suppliers with an example to copy.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Uniforms
- Object name:
- shirt
- Object number:
- NAM. 2009-04-254-1
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/77b2ad79-5208-3728-ad74-4c1d361ae4d7
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- Title:
- Trade badge, Motor Transport Driver, Women’s Royal Army Corps, 1960 (c).
- Object name(s):
- trade badge
- Brief description:
- Trade badge, Motor Transport Driver, Women’s Royal Army Corps, 1960 (c).
Gold embroidered five-pointed star on beech brown cloth.
Motor Transport Driver trade badge for the Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC) for wear on No 1 Dress uniform, 1960 (c).
Women were not allowed to drive for the British Army until World War Two (1939-1945). The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) was formed in 1938 specifically for women to serve in support roles. Even then, it was not until a couple of years into the War before women’s roles were expanded to include driving and despatch riders.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- trade badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 2004-10-165-33-1
- Right type:
- Crown Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/6c574d72-2fa8-31a3-b588-9eeedce664aa
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- Object name(s):
- hat
- Brief description:
- Hat, service dress; sealed 26 June 1918.
Wool felt, Royal Army Clothing Department, Pimlico, 1918
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Uniforms
- Object name:
- hat
- Object number:
- NAM. 2002-04-795-1
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/833272f8-b80d-31b0-a96a-f293f7fa1a84
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- Object name(s):
- coatee
- Brief description:
- Scarlet wool cloth coatee, Indian Army Staff, worn by Gen Sir Robert Scot, nd.
1778-1832.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Uniforms
- Object name:
- coatee
- Object number:
- NAM. 1958-11-29-1
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/c27366d9-d148-3c7c-b668-405258224e73
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- Title:
- Discharge book, Royal Munster Fusiliers: Priority C Group 8, 1931-1939
- Object name(s):
- book
- Brief description:
- Discharge book of the Royal Munster Fusiliers: Priority C Group 8, 1931-1939.
One of seven annual discharge books of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1920-1939.
The Royal Munster Fusiliers was disbanded in 1922 on the establishment of the Irish Free State. It is estimated that half of the Irish National Army, formed in 1923, were former members of the Munsters.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- book
- Object number:
- NAM. 2006-11-41-7
- Right type:
- Crown Copyright
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- Title:
- Discharge book, Royal Munster Fusiliers: Priority B Group 7, 1920-1930
- Object name(s):
- book
- Brief description:
- Discharge book of the Royal Munster Fusiliers: Priority B group 7, 1920-1930.
One of seven annual discharge books of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1920-1939.
The Royal Munster Fusiliers was disbanded in 1922 on the establishment of the Irish Free State. It is estimated that half of the Irish National Army, formed in 1923, were former members of the Munsters.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- book
- Object number:
- NAM. 2006-11-41-6
- Right type:
- Crown Copyright
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- Title:
- ‘Winsome Waacs’, postcard set, 1918 (c)
- Object name(s):
- postcard
- Brief description:
- ‘Winsome Waacs’, postcard set, 1918 (c).
Postcard set, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, British Expeditionary Force, 1918 (c).
Envelope includes five postcards with silhouette scenes, entitled: ‘Woman’s Chief End!’, showing a woman washing a hut floor; ‘Air Raid’, showing female soldiers in a line, entering a shelter; ‘A Painter (K.M.J)’, showing a woman in apron painting a vehicle; ‘An Army marches on its stomach’, shows a WAAC cook stirring a large pot; ‘As much luggage as can be carried in the Hand’, shows a member of the Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps carrying luggage, 1918 (c).
From a collection of papers of Miss G J Baxter, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917-1920.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- postcard
- Object number:
- NAM. 1994-01-238-6
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
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- Title:
- War Medal 1939-45 awarded to Sister M Roberts, Territorial Army Nursing Service Corps.
From a Second World War medal group, Royal Red Cross Badge, 2nd Class, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star 1940-43, Italy Star 1943-45, Defence Medal 1939-45, Territorial Army Nursing Service badge, 194-1945.
- Object name(s):
- War Medal 1939-45
- Brief description:
- War Medal 1939-45 awarded to Sister M Roberts, Territorial Army Nursing Service Corps.
Sister M Roberts served in the Second World War as part of the Territorial Army Nursing Service Corps. She served in campaigns in Italy and North Africa.
From a Second World War medal group, Royal Red Cross Badge, 2nd Class, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star 1940-43, Italy Star 1943-45, Defence Medal 1939-45, Territorial Army Nursing Service badge, 194-1945.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Medals
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- War Medal 1939-45
- Object number:
- NAM. 1995-07-1-6
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- Title:
- Defence Medal 1939-45 awarded to Sister M Roberts, Territorial Army Nursing Service Corps.
From a Second World War medal group, Royal Red Cross Badge, 2nd Class, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star 1940-43, Italy Star 1943-45, War Medal 1939-45, Territorial Army Nursing Service badge, 194-1945.
- Object name(s):
- Defence Medal 1939-45
- Brief description:
- Defence Medal 1939-45 awarded to Sister M Roberts, Territorial Army Nursing Service Corps.
Sister M Roberts served in the Second World War as part of the Territorial Army Nursing Service Corps. She served in campaigns in Italy and North Africa.
From a Second World War medal group, Royal Red Cross Badge, 2nd Class, 1939-45 Star, Africa Star 1940-43, Italy Star 1943-45, War Medal 1939-45, Territorial Army Nursing Service badge, 194-1945.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Medals
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- Defence Medal 1939-45
- Object number:
- NAM. 1995-07-1-5
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- Title:
- ‘What I should like to see in the papers’ by Dorothy Allen, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1918
- Object name(s):
- poetry
- Brief description:
- ‘What I should like to see in the papers’ by Dorothy Allen, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1918.
This article describes the day of 23 January 1918, when a ‘noble army of women’ paraded the streets of Cardiff. They marched from the station to the Labour Exchange and were met by representatives of the Corps. The Lord Mayor and Area Controller (Overseas) then inspected the women. The writer hoped that ‘the girls of Cardiff will respond heartily to the appeal for more women workers, and aid Britain in the task of defeating her enemies’.
From a collection of papers of Betty Mould MBE (1895-1988), Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1909-1981.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- poetry
- Object number:
- NAM. 1994-01-256-49
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, London
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- Title:
- Discharge notice, 26 July 1919
- Object name(s):
- leave pass
- Brief description:
- Discharge notice, 26 July 1919.
This form informs Maud Emsley of Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps that she is to be discharged and that she is allowed to retain her uniform. It also states that discharge certificates and any outstanding pay will be forwarded. The notice was accompanied by a chit to take to a Local Food Controller who would exchange it for a civilian ration book.
From a collection of papers of Miss Maud Lilian Emsley, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917-1932.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- leave pass
- Object number:
- NAM. 1994-01-248-11
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, Out of Copyright
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Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
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- Title:
- Letter from Staff Surgeon George Morse of the Army Medical Service to his wife in Portsmouth, 16 July 1810
- Object name(s):
- letter
- Brief description:
- Letter from Staff Surgeon George Morse of the Army Medical Service to his wife in Portsmouth, 16 July 1810.
Sent from Montalvao on the Spanish-Portuguese border, the letter describes a march to join Spanish troops at Badajoz, the later retreat, the prospect of further operations, and camp conditions.
One of five letters written by Surgeon George Morse of the Army Medical Service during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- letter
- Object number:
- NAM. 2005-09-188-4
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Letter from Staff Surgeon George Morse, Army Medical Service, to his wife in Portsmouth, April 18[09?]
- Object name(s):
- letter
- Brief description:
- Letter from Staff Surgeon George Morse, Army Medical Service, to his wife in Portsmouth, April 18[09?].
Sent from Salvatoria, where he was serving in the Peninsular War (1808-1814), his letter refers to Portuguese hospitality, the inspection of Portuguese hospitals, billets at a royal house, and the coming visit of the 13th Dragoons.
One of five letters written by Surgeon George Morse of the Army Medical Service during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815).
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- letter
- Object number:
- NAM. 2005-09-188-1
- Right type:
- National Army Museum Copyright
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- Title:
- Postcard from Maude Emsley, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, to her mother, France, May 1918
- Object name(s):
- postcard
- Brief description:
- Postcard from Maude Emsley, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, to her mother, France, May 1918.
This postcard depicts the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps badge. It reads: ‘My dear Mama, I am rather busy and haven’t time to write a letter. I hope you like PC. I am quite safe and well and have got over my cold. It is hot here but I am enjoying it. Hope all at home are alright. Have you had a letter from Edwin yet. One was awaiting me here when I got back. It was dated March 8th. Best love to all from Maud’.
From a collection of papers of Maud Lilian Emsley, Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps and Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1917-1932.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Archives
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study Collection
- Object name:
- postcard
- Object number:
- NAM. 1994-01-248-21
- Right type:
- National Army Museum, London
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/9baf4664-8141-3490-8e75-ed33de5494c5
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- Title:
- Pair of rank badges, Women’s Royal Army Corps attached Royal Signals, 1955 (c).
- Object name(s):
- rank badge
- Brief description:
- Pair of rank badges, Women’s Royal Army Corps attached Royal Signals, 1955 (c).
The badge of the Royal Corps of Signals depicts Mercury, the winged messenger of the gods, holding a caduceus (herald's staff) in his left hand, while balancing on a globe. This example is on beech brown backing indicating that it was produced for a member of the Women’s Royal Army Corps attached to the Royal Signals.
Between 1949 and 1992, all women serving with the Army were part of the Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC) unless they were medical, dental, veterinary officers or chaplains. When the WRAC was disbanded in April 1992 its personnel were transferred to the corps that they were serving with.
- Collection:
- National Army Museum
- Associated concept:
- Badges
- Current location:
- National Army Museum, Study collection
- Object name:
- rank badge
- Object number:
- NAM. 2009-01-54-5
- Right type:
- Crown Copyright
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/212e4b50-be5c-3bbd-a452-d3a10a390a5c
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