- 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
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