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CONDITIONS IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES 7: WOMEN UNDER AXIS RULE

By: N/A

Price: £20.00

Publisher: HMSO: 1942

Seller ID: 66925

Binding: Booklet

Condition: Good

Booklet; staples rusty, pages a little crumpled, creased and yellowed; ink name and small split to spine of front cover. ; A Series of Reports Issued by The Inter-Allied Information Committee, London. '..a general picture of the physical and mental suffering which has been inflicted upon the women in each of the occupied countries...' Belgium, China, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, USSR, Yugoslavia. ; 20 pages
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WOMEN'S LIVES AND CLOTHES IN WW2 : READY FOR ACTION

By: Adlington, L.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2019

Seller ID: 64202

ISBN: 1526712342

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £30.00. ; The experiences of women at war from around the world during the Second World War. Based on interviews with wartime women. From the home front to the frontline. A social history with emphasis on clothing and fashion. Illustrated. ; 296 pages
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THE UNWOMANLY FACE OF WAR

By: Alexievich, Svetlana. (Pevear, R. & Volokhonsky, L. translated. )

Price: £19.99

Publisher: Penguin Classics / Random House: 2017

Seller ID: 67005

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies. ; First-hand accounts from Soviet women - captains, sergeants, nurses, snipers, pilots, wives and mothers - who had experienced the war on the front lines, on the home front and in occupied territories. ; 372 pages
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BLUEBIRDS FLY PAST (THE WAAF WEST SUSSEX GROUP)

By: Bingham, D. (compiled. )

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Woodfield Publishing: N.D.

Seller ID: 49962

ISBN: 1873203306

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Paperback; good in stained card covers. Inscribed by Daphne Bingham. ; A collection of wartime experiences of the WAAF. Illustrated. ; 98 pages
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THE MATURING SUN : AN ARMY NURSE IN INDIA, 1942-45

By: Bolton, Angela.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Imperial War Museum: 1986

Seller ID: 66920

ISBN: 0901627364

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in lightly creased dustjacket. The eighth title in the Imperial War Museum's series of personal reminiscences of the two world wars. ; The wartime experiences of a QA (Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service) posted to India in 1942. Illustrated. ; 218 pages
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WORLD WAR II ALLIED WOMEN'S SERVICES

By: Brayley, Martin.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Osprey: 2001

Seller ID: 66957

ISBN: 1841760536

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Men at Arms 357. Paperback; good in yellowed and scuffed card covers. ; An illustrated introduction to the British, Commonwealth, US, and Soviet Union organisations and uniforms. Illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro. ; 48 pages
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WORLD WAR II ALLIED NURSING SERVICES

By: Brayley, Martin.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Osprey: 2002

Seller ID: 66958

ISBN: 1841761850

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Men at Arms 370. Paperback; good in yellowed and scuffed card covers. ; An illustrated introduction to the US, British, Commonwealth, and other nursing organisations of the Second World War. Illustrated by Ramiro Bujeiro. ; 48 pages
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WOMEN AT WAR 1939-45

By: Cassin-Scott, J.

Price: £9.99

Publisher: Osprey: 2011

Seller ID: 33719

ISBN: 0850453496

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Men at Arms 100. New paperback copies. Reprint. ; An illustrated introduction to the British, US, German and Soviet Union women's military organisations and uniforms. Illustrated by Angus McBride. ; 40 pages
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THE WAAF : A HISTORY OF THE WOMEN'S AUXILARY AIR FORCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

By: Escott, B. E., Squadron Leader.

Price: £4.99

Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd.: 2011

Seller ID: 47060

ISBN: 0747805725

Binding: Booklet

Condition: New

New paperback copies. Reprint. Shire Album 422.; An overview of the wartime role of the WAAF, at work and at play. Illustrated. ; 40 pages
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VOICES FROM THE TWENTIETH CENTURY: WOMEN AT WAR

By: Fountain, Nigel. (editor. )

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Michael O' Mara Books: 2005

Seller ID: 66923

ISBN: 185479857x

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Hardback; gift inscription to endpaper, otherwise very good in very good dustjacket. Includes CD. ; The experience of women during the First and Second World Wars, from the Home Front to the front line. Includes CD of eyewitness accounts, taken from the Sound Archive of the Imperial War Museum. ; 143 pages
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GIRLS IN KHAKI: A HISTORY OF THE ATS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

By: Green, B.

Price: £12.99

Publisher: The History Press: 2012

Seller ID: 43365

ISBN: 0752463500

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies. ; The Auxiliary Territorial Service. (ATS). Illustrated. ; 160 pages
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WE, ALSO, WERE THERE : A COLLECTION OF RECOLLECTIONS OF WARTIME WOMEN OF BOMBER COMMAND

By: Hall, Archie.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Merlin Books Ltd.: 1985

Seller ID: 66906

ISBN: 0863032699

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback; dent to corners of pages, otherwise good in faded, scratched and yellowed card covers. ; Recollections of some of the women of the WAAF of Bomber Command. Compiled and edited by Grace Archer 'Archie' Hall. Illustrated. ; 192 pages
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CHANGING COURSE : THE WARTIME EXPERIENCES OF A MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE 1939-1945

By: Houston, Roxanne.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Grub Street: 2005

Seller ID: 66904

ISBN: 1904943101

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in very good dustjacket. ; Illustrated. ; 271 pages
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THE FEMALE FEW : SPITFIRE HEROINES

By: Hyams, Jacky.

Price: £12.99

Publisher: The History Press: 2019

Seller ID: 66931

ISBN: 0750968184

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies. Reprint. ; The wartime stories of five female pilots of the ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary). Illustrated. ; 191 pages
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1940S FASHION

By: Kay, Fiona & Storey, Neil R.

Price: £8.99

Publisher: Amberley: 2018

Seller ID: 63445

ISBN: 1445679159

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Britain's Heritage. New paperback copies. ; An illustrated introduction to British fashion; wartime and austerity, and post-war style. Illustrated. ; 64 pages
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THE GIRLS BEHIND THE GUNS : WITH THE ATS IN WORLD WAR II

By: Kerr, Dorothy Brewer.

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Robert Hale: 1990

Seller ID: 66927

ISBN: 0709041950

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; ownership lsticker to title page, press-cutting pasted to endpaper, otherwise very good in torn and creased dustjacket. ; The author's wartime experiences as a 'kine girl' (the wartime kine-theodolite operators, ATS). Illustrated. ; 189 pages
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WOMEN IN WAR : FROM HOME FRONT TO FRONT LINE

By: Lee, Celia & Strong, Paul Edward. (edited. )

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2012

Seller ID: 66905

ISBN: 184884669X

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Very Good dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £19.99. ; Essays on the changing role of women in warfare, from the nineteenth century to World War Two. Majority of the book deals with womens experiences during the Second World War. Illustrated. ; 237 pages
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TRAIN TO NOWHERE : ONE WOMAN'S WAR - AMBULANCE DRIVER, REPORTER, LIBERATOR

By: Leslie, Anita.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Bloomsbury: 2017

Seller ID: 57337

ISBN: 1448216834

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

New hardback copies at a reduced price. ; First published in 1948; the war memoir of Anita Leslie, cousin of Winston Churchill, joined the Mechanized Transport Corps as a mechanic and ambulance driver during WW2, serving in Libya, Syria, Palestine, Italy, France and Germany; with the Free French Forces as a front-line ambulance driver in the 1st French Armoured Division during the liberation of France. Illustrated. ; 323 pages
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THE WRENS, 1917-77 : A HISTORY OF THE WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE

By: Mason, Ursula Stuart.

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Educational Explorers: 1977

Seller ID: 66903

ISBN: 0852259018

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback; name inked out on title page, edge of pages yellowed, otherwise good in marked card covers. ; The first history of the WRNS. Illustrated. ; 160 pages
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QUIET HEROINES: NURSES OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

By: McBryde, B.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Chatto & Windus / the Hogarth Press: 1985

Seller ID: 57986

ISBN: 0701129395

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair in Good dust jacket

Hardback; pages yellowed (low quality paper) , corners of boards dented otherwise good in creased, faded and price-clipped dustjacket. Second impression. ; Illustrated. ; 246 pages
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A NURSE'S WAR (SIGNED COPY)

By: McBryde, Brenda.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Cakebread Publications: 1998

Seller ID: 66918

ISBN: 095153081x

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback; yellowing to edge of pages, otherwise good in yellowed card covers. Reprint. Signed by the Author. ; The Author, Brenda McBryde, served with Queen Alexandra's Nursing Service; on the frontline in the days following D-Day, and in field hospitals from Normandy to the Rhine. Illustrated. ; 192 pages
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SOVIET WOMEN SNIPERS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR

By: Obraztsov, Y. & Anders, M.

Price: £19.99

Publisher: Histoire & Collections: 2014

Seller ID: 47052

ISBN: 2352503884

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies. ; Illustrated. ; 112 pages
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DESERT NURSE : A WORLD WAR II MEMOIR

By: Parkin, Betty C.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Robert Hale: 1990

Seller ID: 66919

ISBN: 0709041381

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in lightly creased dustjacket. ; The memoir of a reserve Queen Alexandra Nurse, and her wartime posting to Egypt. Illustrated. ; 171 pages
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IN OBEDIENCE TO INSTRUCTIONS : FANY WITH THE SOE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

By: Pawley, Margaret.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Leo Cooper / Pen & Sword: 1999

Seller ID: 66930

ISBN: 0850526337

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; very good in lightly creased dustjacket. First edition. ; The role of the women of the FANY who made a major contribution to the secret war effort. The author concentrates on SOE operations in the mediterranean theatre, where she and her colleagues served. Illustrated. ; 178 pages
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MORE TALES OF A BOMBER COMMAND WAAF (AND HER HORSE)

By: Pickering, Sylvia (Bunty) .

Price: £6.00

Publisher: Woodfield: 2003

Seller ID: 66907

ISBN: 1903953464

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback; very good in scuffed (where price sticker removed) card covers. ; Illustrated. ; 248 pages
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WHEN THE NATION WAS IN NEED : BLACKS IN THE WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS DURING WORLD WAR II

By: Putney, Martha S.

Price: £70.00

Publisher: The Scarecrow Press: 1992

Seller ID: 66916

ISBN: 0810825317

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Hardback without dustjacket, very good in lightly marked boards. ; Illustrated. ; 229 pages
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LINCOLNSHIRE WOMEN AT WAR

By: Rodger, David & Cooper, Patrick. (edited. )

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Heritage Lincolnshire: 1997

Seller ID: 42355

ISBN: 0948639334

Binding: Booklet

Condition: Good

Lincolnshire Heritage Booklets. Booklet; very good in scuffed card covers. ; A compilation of entries from the 'Women at War' competition, organised by the Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire. Illustrated. A collection of firsthand wartime experiences. ; 52 pages
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THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY

By: Sackville-West, Vita.

Price: £14.99

Publisher: Unicorn Press: 2016

Seller ID: 65479

ISBN: 1910500186

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

New hardback copies. ; The record of the Women's Land Army since its inception in September 1939 down to 1944. Illustrated. Reprint of 1944 edition. With new Foreword by HRH The Countess of Wessex. ; 180 pages
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SISTERS IN ARMS : THE WOMEN WHO FLEW IN WORLD WAR II

By: Schrader, Helena Page.

Price: £6.99

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2015

Seller ID: 57086

ISBN: 1473845637

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies at a reduced price; published £12.99. ; The wartime role of the women of the ATA (Air Transport Auxiliary) , and WASP (Women Airforce Service Pilots). Illustrated. ; 298 pages
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WHAT DID YOU DO IN THE WAR, MUM? : WOMEN RECALL THEIR WARTIME WORK

By: Schweitzer, P. , Hilton, L. & Moss, J. (edited. )

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Age Exchange Theatre Company: 1985

Seller ID: 24185

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Paperback; corner tips of pages dented otherwise very good in creased card covers. ; The war-time experience of women working on munitions, in the forces, the Land Army, administration and the service industries. Study based on interviews with women pensioners in the London area. Illustrated. ; 72 pages
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NO TIME FOR TEARS IN THE ATS

By: Sherman, Margaret.

Price: £20.00

Publisher: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.: 1944

Seller ID: 66928

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Hardback without dustjacket; foxing to edge of pages, corners of a few pages creased, otherwise good in faded, scuffed, dented and chipped original cloth boards. ; Firsthand account of the author's experiences in the The Auxiliary Territorial Service during the Second World War. Illustrated. ; 168 pages
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WOMEN OF THE HOME FRONT : SERVING THE NATION IN PHOTOGRAPHS

By: Shipton, Elisabeth (Introduction. )

Price: £12.99

Publisher: Mirrorpix: 2019

Seller ID: 65478

ISBN: 0750990732

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

New hardback copies. ; Pictorial study. Wartime b/w photographs, with captions. ATS, WAAF, WLA, WRNS, and war work. ; 144 pages
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WRNS : THE WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE

By: Storey, N. R.

Price: £7.99

Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd.: 2017

Seller ID: 56652

ISBN: 1784420395

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies. Shire Library No.828. ; Illustrated. ; 64 pages
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THE WOMEN'S LAND ARMY

By: Storey, N. R. & Housego, M

Price: £7.99

Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd.: 2015

Seller ID: 47062

ISBN: 0747811636

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies. Reprint. Shire Library No.694. ; An introduction to the WLA, its organisation, training and work during the Second World War; includes the role of the Timber Corps, the 'Lumber Jills'. Illustrated. ; 56 pages
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WOMEN IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

By: Storey, N. R. & Housego, M

Price: £7.99

Publisher: Shire Publications Ltd.: 2018

Seller ID: 47061

ISBN: 0747808120

Binding: Booklet

Condition: New

New paperback copies. Shire Library No.613. Reprint. ; An overview of the role of British women during the Second World War. Illustrated. ; 64 pages
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WOMEN IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

By: Storey, Neil R. & Kay, Fiona.

Price: £8.99

Publisher: Amberley: 2019

Seller ID: 63437

ISBN: 1445691094

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Britain's Heritage. New paperback copies. ; An illustrated introduction to the role of British women during the Second World War. Illustrated. ; 64 pages
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WOMEN WHO WENT TO WAR 1938-46

By: Taylor, Eric.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Robert Hale: 1988

Seller ID: 66922

ISBN: 0709033176

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; light foxing to edge of pages otherwise good in creased dustjacket. ; The wartime experience of British women. Operational roles during the Second World War; ATS, Wrens, Waafs, agents of SOE, and nurses. Based on letters, diaries, manuscripts and interviews. Illustrated. ; 254 pages
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THE WAAF AT WAR

By: Turner, John Frayn.

Price: £10.00

Publisher: Pen & Sword: 2011

Seller ID: 66885

ISBN: 1848845391

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price; published £19.99. ; A good overview of the Woman's Auxiliary Air Force in World War II. The roles played by members of this highly respected organization, whether on the ground at air stations, under the ground in control bunkers, reading radar monitors or plotting the course of air operations. In addition the WAAF flew all types of aircraft, often with minimal training. Illustrated. ; 176 pages
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SISTERS IN ARMS : BRITISH ARMY NURSES TELL THEIR STORY

By: Tyrer, Nicola.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicholson: 2008

Seller ID: 66917

ISBN: 0297846582

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Good dust jacket

Hardback; lean to spine, otherwise very good in creased dustjacket. ; The experiences of the Queen Alexander nurses during the Second World War. Illustrated. ; 304 pages
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PARACHUTES AND PETTICOATS: WELSH WOMEN WRITING ON THE SECOND WORLD WAR

By: Verrill-Rhys, L. & Beddoe, D.

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Honno: 1992

Seller ID: 60268

ISBN: 1870206126

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair

Paperback; dent to corners of pages, pages yellowed (low quality paper) otherwise good in yellowed, marked and creased card covers. ; Anthology of Welsh women's experiences during World War Two, on the the Home Front, and in the Armed Forces. Illustrated. +viiipp. ; 221 pages
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AVENGING ANGELS : SOVIET WOMEN SNIPERS ON THE EASTERN FRONT (1941-1945)

By: Vinogradova, L. (Reid, A. Introduction. )

Price: £15.00

Publisher: MacLehose Press, Quercus: 2017

Seller ID: 57401

ISBN: 0857051962

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New in New dust jacket

New hardback copies at a reduced price. ; The untold stories of these brave young women. Based on diaries, letters and interviews with survivors, as well as previously unpublished material from the military archives. Illustrated. ; 299 pages
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THE WAR ARCHIVES: WOMEN AT WAR 1939/45

By: Ware, Pat (edited. )

Price: £5.00

Publisher: Key Publishing Ltd.: 2014

Seller ID: 67197

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Very Good

Magazine; very good in card covers. ; A pictorial study with brief captions. Wartime b/w photographs, including a few fold-out pages, and colour illustrations. ; 98 pages
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EVE IN OVERALLS

By: Wauters, Arthur.

Price: £7.00

Publisher: Imperial War Museum: 2001

Seller ID: 66924

ISBN: 1870423984

Binding: Booklet

Condition: Good

Historical Pamphlet Series No.2. Booklet; old price sticker to rear cover, otherwise good in lightly creased card covers. ; Reprint of the wartime publication. An account of the role of women during the Second World War. Illustrated. ; 40 pages
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ENTERTAINING ERIC : LETTERS FROM THE HOME FRONT 1941-44

By: Wells, Maureen.

Price: £8.00

Publisher: Imperial War Museum: 1988

Seller ID: 66932

ISBN: 0901627410

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good in Fair dust jacket

Hardback; marks to title page, otherwise good in creased, marked and torn dustjacket. The ninth title in the Imperial War Museum's series of personal reminiscences of the two world wars. ; The wartime experiences of Maureen Wells; extracts from her letters to her husband, June 1941 to June 1944. Maureen had three unusual jobs: as a billeting officer for a London firm evacuated to a stately home in Surrey; as a Wren courier delivering secret messages, and as a Wren stoker on boats preparing for D-Day. Illustrated. ; 176 pages
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WOMAN AT THE FRONT : MEMOIRS OF AN ATS GIRL, D-DAY TO 1946

By: Wild, Sylvia.

Price: £14.99

Publisher: Amberley: 2012

Seller ID: 66929

ISBN: 1445603691

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

New paperback copies. Reprint. ; Wartime experiences of an ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) serving with the Royal Engineers, and stationed in France and Belgium from June 1944. Illustrated. ; 124 pages
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