1940s British Women at War in Color

Rarely seen Color Photographs of women in service-

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In anticipation of our 1940’s Wartime Women’s Guides packs, here are some marvelous color photographs held by the Imperial War Museum.
They are part of the IWM collection ‘Ministry of Information Second World War Colour Transparency Collection‘.
Featured are girls from the Women’s Land Army ( Land Girls) , Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), and the Womens Royal Navy (WRNs) .

All Images held by the Imperial War Museum.

ATS-Corporal-Cynthia-Lawrence
ATS-Corporal-Cynthia-Lawrence
group-of-waafs-in-London
a group-of-waafs-in-London
Land Girl Doreen Bacchus operates a tractor
Land Girl Doreen Bacchus operates a tractor
an-ATS-spotter-with-binoculars-at-the-anti-aircraft-command-post
an-ATS-spotter-with-binoculars-at-the-anti-aircraft-command-post
Miss-M-Greatorex-machines-spring-cases-for-17-pounder-guns
Miss M Greatorex-machine gun engineer
ATS-girls-at-breakfast
ATS-girls-at-breakfast
Women-workers-from-the-small-West-Country-arms-factory-Cornwall
Women-workers-from-the-small-West-Country-arms-factory-Cornwall
Women-war-workers-from-the-small-West-Country-arms-factory-Cornwall
Women-war-workers-from-the-small-West-Country-arms-factory-Cornwall
Two-Wrens-re-arming-a-Browning-gun-of-a-Hawker-Hurricane-aircraft
Two-Wrens-re-arming-a-Browning-gun-of-a-Hawker-Hurricane-aircraft
Two-Belgian-Red-Cross-nurses
Two-Belgian-Red-Cross-nurses
ATS-girls-operating-a-height-and-range-finder
ATS-girls-operating-a-height-and-range-finder
Two-women,-responding-to-the-'Holidays-at-Home'-campaign,-writing-post-cards-in-Hyde-Park,-London
Two-women,-responding-to-the-‘Holidays-at-Home’-campaign,-writing-post-cards-in-Hyde-Park,-London
Auxiliary-Territorial-Service-plotters-at-work
Auxiliary-Territorial-Service-plotters-at-work

That’s all !
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