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    World War One Workers

    The wall notice which mentions SHUTTERS may not directly relate to what these girls are doing in the photo but does relate to shell fuses. All you need to know is that Shutters were not wooden window covers they were sliding brass safety plates in artillery shells. Read no further if you do not...
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    WW1 woman in uniform

    I am a new boy on your forum and impressed by the help you all have given me. I have never been on any Forum of any kind before and got lost amid the messages images and trophies. I am sure I did not reply to some posts. Some posts I sent the wrong reply to. I have been sent some lovely press...
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    WW1 woman in uniform

    It looks as though everything is leaning towards her being a Policewoman at a Munitions factory. If her hat badge is His Majesties Factory and the collar badge is the Munitions Police I have seen on this Forum I am as sure as I can be. From my knowledge of the first WPCs most of the problems...
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    Women’s Timber Corps “Lumber Jills”

    This is what my badge looks like. Your Auntie is wearing one. Viewed from below the Anchor is evident and the NAAFI oblong tablet is above.
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    Women’s Timber Corps “Lumber Jills”

    The uniform looks like quite a few WW2 womens services but without doubt she is NAAFI. The badge on her hat is NAAFI. This is the voided version also there is a solid one. They have a number on the back. I own one. Put 'NAAFI Cap Badge in Google'
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    WW1 woman in uniform

    I am a visitor to your group. I have a very large private collection of studio portraits. I have portrait of just about every women's uniformed group but do not recognise this one. (She is not a relative) The portrait by a Birmingham photographer shows a woman in uniform. She has a crowned...
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