My mother Joan I. Marsh (maiden name) served in the ATS in Scotland driving jeeps and also drove both ambulances and army trucks in Egypt during WWII. The following photos may be of interest together with a very old magazine article on the ATS. I suspect it is from a Life magazine, but all I have is a torn out page with no references to credit but I suspect article was written in the 1950’s.
Great topic and photos - going to show my mother tomorrow (98 and still going strong). She did some work during the war making what she called plastic inserts for the bullets - not sure what these were. Other aunts worked at the ALCO plant making parts for tanks - they also made diesel engines for submarines etc there. I would like to recommend a book by Nancy Caldwell Sorel titled The Women who Wrote the War. Many well-known writers, correspondents and photographers are included: Helen Kirkpatrick, Lee Miller, Margaret Bourke-White, Martha Gellhorn and Mary Welsh, Shelly Mydans,Janet Flanner (writing as Genet), Dickie Chapelle. All risked their lives to get the stories out, to do their jobs that they loved but also had to get through the rules and regulations that prevented them from getting to the front. They did get there by many means, all over the world. Some reported from Berlin before the war and while the U.S. was still out of it, giving early warnings about the Nazis - mostly ignored. These were Sigrid Schultz, Dorothy Thompson, Josephine Herbst, Eleanor Packard, Virginia Cowles...and others I had not known about. You can imagine it was getting dangerous in Berlin reporting what the Nazi did not want to get out. Good photos and stories. You will be amazed at their bravery and resourcefulness. DaveFe
Meet my Mum, Margaret Anderson, A Telegraphist in the WRENs from 1945 to 1946. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=865&pictureid=5262 Naval Party awaiting arrival of ship before boarding for a visit. HMS Prosperine. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=865&pictureid=5263 HMS Cochrane - 1945 http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=865&pictureid=5264 Time for a snack. HMS Prosperine. Shetlands. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=865&pictureid=5266 Strores Run, HMS Cochrane. Rosyth. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=865&pictureid=5265 The Communication Centre. HMS Prosperine. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=865&pictureid=5267 Girls Night Out? HMS Cochrane http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=865&pictureid=5268 Margaret home on shore leave at Graham St in Dundee with her Mum (Right) 1946. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=865&pictureid=5269 Margarets Trade Badge. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=865&pictureid=5270 Mum sadly passed away in February 2011, aged 87. She is sorely missed. Her proud son. Gus
Meet my Mum, Margaret Anderson, A Telegraphist in the WRENs from 1945 to 1946. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=865&pictureid=5264 Time for a snack. HMS Prosperine. Shetlands. Mum sadly passed away in February 2011, aged 87. She is sorely missed. Her proud son. Gus Thanks for sharing the photos, Gus. Always handy to have a kerb to equal heights!
Hi I must have stared at these photos a hundred times and I never spotted that Mum was standing in the kerbs. I'm surprised it wasn't a court martial offense back then. Gus
hello all I'm new here so be kind . I hope this is the right thread to post in. I came across this picture some time ago and to me she is the essence of the resolve that won the war . How would i go about finding out who she was and her ultimate fate ?
hello all I'm new here so be kind . I hope this is the right thread to post in. I came across this picture some time ago and to me she is the essence of the resolve that won the war . How would i go about finding out who she was and her ultimate fate ? A tough ask I suspect, Mick. Welcome all the same.
A short movie with a friend's interview of his Grandmother talking about her work on Lancaster's during the Second World War. Mark grew up in the UK very close to Coventry where his family was located during WWII. Some of you may know that Coventry was flattened during WWII as a sacrificial lamb to allow the UK authorities to break and confirm they had broken the codes the enemies were using at that time. This is a short tribute to his Grandmother who played a massive part in the war effort as many women did and worked in ammunition or aircraft factories... lest we forget... [YOUTUBE]VD0z_ce12tw[/YOUTUBE]
Fantastic thread. I'm grateful for the bump. Does the picture of my mom at 12 wearing her uncles uniform hat in my avatar qualify?
Cool thread. Wish I had images of my aunt who worked in Bath Maine as a welder on destroyers being built there. At barely five foot high and a pixie frame, she did the welding for the airducts from the inside.
No apologies for repeating this story. http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/all-anniversaries/40348-anniversary-remember.html Ron
Further to the posting (21) I made of ATS photos of my mother Joan Marsh, here are a few photos more of her and the ATS group in Egypt. Of interest to some may be the background detail of trucks/bulldozer/motorbike/buildings etc. Edit: Sorry pics wont post on this new site even with photobucket etc. Aaargh!!!
