National Army Museum

Recruits from the Seychelles in Britain

photograph, photograph

Accession Number

NAM.2021-07-11-1-1

Description

British official photograph showing three members of the Women’s Royal Army Corps in uniform, including Lt Col G E M Saunders-Davies and Pte Ghislaine Camille, who was a recruit from the Seychelles, training as clerks with the RASC, Yeovil, Somerset, October 1961.

Units

Royal Army Service Corps

Women’s Royal Army Corps, (1949 - 1992)

People

Camille, Ghislaine

Gwenfra Elizabeth Mary Saunders-Davies TD, (1915-)

Dimensions

Width: 165 mm Text: 218 mm

Inscriptions

inscribed verso: ‘Recruits from the Seychelles in Britain The Inspector of Recruiting, Women’s Royal Army Corps - Lt. Colonel G.E.M. Saunders-Davies, WRAC - visits WRAC recruits from the Seychelles who are training as clerks at the Clerks Training Wing, 6 Training Battalion, Royal Army Service Corps, Somerset.’ and ‘R1194 Lt.Colonel Saunders-Davies in the Lounge with (left) Private Ghislaine Camille. October 1961’.