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Title:
Shoulder title, Women’s Army Corps (India), 1942-1947
Object name(s):
shoulder title
Brief description:
Shoulder title, Women’s Army Corps (India), 1942-1947. Brass badge in the form of the unit initials ‘WAC(I)’ between straight bars. The Women’s Auxiliary Corps (India) was established in 1942 and performed similar duties to Britain’s Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). These included driving, clerical and cipher work and general services, such as ferrying supplies for the troops. By February 1944 there were 7,993 women in the Corps. It was disbanded in 1947 when India gained its independence. 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:
shoulder title
Object number:
NAM. 2013-10-20-78-4
Right type:
National Army Museum Copyright

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a389f4cb-aff3-3552-836b-0fb6c152e4b7

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/a389f4cb-aff3-3552-836b-0fb6c152e4b7, National Army Museum, CC BY-NC

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