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English Women Serve in France in War Effort
Margaret Walter reports from London on the British women's army auxiliary corps led by Mrs. Chalmers Watson. British women, trained as drivers, clerks, cooks, telegraphers, and more, are deployed to France to release men for front-line duty. Pay varies by skill. uniforms and ranks shown. Units operate at bases away from the firing line for one-year terms during the war.
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Margaret Walter
London
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
Devonshire House
Piccadilly
France
Edinburgh
War Office
Chalmers Watson
Geddes
Admiralty
Edinburgh University
America
Ammerica
England
Navi Gate
Flying Corps
Army Service Corps
Army Council
Auxiliary Corps
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