Mary Grant: Italy - WW2 - Pictures - Any ideas please?

Discussion in 'The Women of WW2' started by DPritchard, Aug 11, 2021.

  1. DPritchard

    DPritchard Member

    Hello

    This is a great aunt of mine. I have always been intrigued by these pictures, one was taken in Italy. Someone suggested she may have been in the army. Can anyone verify this and if so, I assume in some kind of admin role? Can anyone hazard at guess as to where could she have been stationed in Italy?

    Many thanks
     

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  2. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

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  3. JimHerriot

    JimHerriot Ready for Anything

    Excellent photographs, and with that smile and jaw-line, Joseph's sister perhaps?

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    Kind regards, always,

    Jim.
     
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  4. AB64

    AB64 Senior Member

    3rd Photo is ATS with Royal Army Pay Corps badge on her tunic showing she was attached to them
     
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  5. DPritchard

    DPritchard Member

    Super! Thank you for this.
     
  6. DPritchard

    DPritchard Member

    It is indeed! Joseph's brother (my grandad) was Norman and I found a tracer card for him in the Royal Artillery anti-tank. He told me he used 18 and 25 pounders and took out German tanks. He said also that he was a commando and trained in Scotland doing unarmed combat, but have found no evidence of this on one WW2 commando forum. That was about all he said of the war. I have applied for his records. His other brother Tommy was a commando, no3 I think and he was in the raids on Lofoten which were important. He didn't tell anyone in the family about what he did, until the end.
     
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  7. DPritchard

    DPritchard Member

    Thank you. I will have a read around this.
     
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  8. minden1759

    minden1759 Senior Member

    The first photo with the low wall and fencing is typical of Italy.

    Regards

    Frank
     
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  9. DPritchard

    DPritchard Member

    Thank you.
     
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