Auxiliary Territorial Service Collection

The Mayor of Reading, Councillor W. E. C. McIlroy, inspecting members of the Auxiliary
The Mayor of Reading, Councillor W.E.C. McIlroy, inspecting members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) at a display in the city centre during the Second World War. 11th June 1942

Women of the ATS operating the height finder optics at an anti aircraft battery in the West Midlands. 12 December 1941

The first ATS of SouthEast Asia Command arrive in Ceylon during the Second World War. Pictured awaiting transport after their arrival. 16th July 1945

Women of the ATS working theEpredictors at an anti aircraft battery in the West Midlands. 12 December 1941

Women of the ATS operating a identification telescope at an anti aircraft battery in the West Midlands. 12 December 1941

Five pairs of sisters who are part of an A. T. S. company
Five pairs of sisters who are part of an A.T.S. company. Front row: Ivy and Diana Polkinghorn and Josephine Croker. Behind them are Vera and Iris Jones, Doris and Edna Hughes

A. T. S. Officers arrive in Canada. Left to right - J / C Elizabeth McHaughton
A.T.S. Officers arrive in Canada. Left to right - J/C Elizabeth McHaughton of Edinburgh, who will undertake personnel selection duties, was born in Manchuria and lived there for some years

Sergeant Cornish and Corporal Baker, A. T. S. workers for the Middle East Bus Service
Sergeant Cornish and Corporal Baker, A.T.S. workers for the Middle East Bus Service. 2nd January 1945

Prime Minister Winston Churchill sent a message of congratulations to General Sir F. A. Pile GOC in C, Anti Aircraft Command

Princess Mary, the Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, pictured at an ATS Training depot near Reading during the Second World War

A. T. S. Wireless Operators learn Morse Code. (Picture
A.T.S. Wireless Operators learn Morse Code. (Picture) Girls receiving messages in morse code on an open air receiver. 8th December 1941

British ATS women in the Middle East, getting letters from home. November 1942

Sawing and hammering away like veterans, a cluster of ATS girls, all brides or brides to be, are making the furniture for their new homes

Drivers of an ATS vehicle check for damage after a collision in snowy conditions in Lincolnshire during the Second World War. February 1941

Members of the Merseyside mixed ack ack (ATS - Auxiliary Territorial Service) battery, assist in cutting the birthday cake on the first anniversary of the batterys formation

This picture is about work. But the works looks such fun. These ATS girls and their soldier pals turned haymaking into a merry holiday

This picture is about work. But the works looks such fun. These ATS girls and their soldier pals turned haymaking into a merry holiday

When lance corporal Audrey Harris and pte. Phillipe Harris leave to go on parade t Rev. C.E.L. Harris, ex Pte. ex L/Cpl. ex Brig.Gen

A. T. S. girls on a course of physical training are so full of pep that they find new deeds
A.T.S. girls on a course of physical training are so full of pep that they find new deeds of daring to perform. Here are some who do a mild form of acrobatics among themselves during the break just

A. T.s on searchlight battery, 19th January 1943
A.T.S on searchlight battery, 19th January 1943

ATS cooks celebrate after lunch with a drink. June 1939 P010074

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