NAM.1994-07-322-2

Photograph of the GOC Eastern Command, Sir Evelyn Barker, sat at a wooden table in front of HQ Eastern Command signing papers whilst members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service stand at ease, Hounslow, 1949. He is presiding over a ceremony attesting members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, serving in Eastern Command, into the newly formed Women’s Royal Army Corps. From a collection of 651 photographs of ceremonial events involving the Women’s Royal Army Corps, including the attestation of the Auxiliary Territorial Service into the Women’s Royal Army Corps, 1949-1992 (c). Relating to Capt Philippa Owen MBE and Maj Helen Haynes OBE. Associated with Queen Elizabeth Park, Guildford, Westminster Abbey, Chelsea, Greenwich and Bournemouth.