document, papers
Accession Number
NAM.2016-10-22-32
Description
Document entitled ‘Part I Orders’, serial No.6, published 14 April 1969. Document details news of the 35th (SM) Signal Regiment (V) including promotions, changes in trade and event details. Pte Brenda Reason (now Sgt) is detailed as being upgraded to Comcen Op BIII.. 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.
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