Photograph of members of the Women’s Royal Army Corps (Territorial Army) (WRAC (TA)) at Major Jervis’ farewell party. Sgt Brenda Reason is second on the right in the second row; Major Jervis is in the middle and Sgt Hazel Smith is on the left, 4 April 1967

The Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC) was a corps to which all women in the British Army belonged, unless you were a medical, dental or veterinary officer or a chaplain. It was formed on 1 February 1949 as a successor to the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). Its members performed administrative and other support tasks. The WRAC was disbanded in April 1992 and its remaining members transferred to the Corps they served with.