THE RIFLES Living History Society

THE LADIES PAGE

THE WORLD WARS SAW THE INVOLVMENT OF THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WHO GAVE INVALUABLE SERVICE..........OUR LADIES COMMEMORATE THAT DEDICATION

HOME PAGE | WHAT WE DO | RIFLEMAN TYPES | RIFLES PHOTO ALBUM | LATEST EVENTS | OUR TRENCH CATAPULT | COMMEMERATION | THE BOER WAR & THE PALESTINE CAMPAIGN | THE LADIES PAGE | LINKS PAGE | CONTACT US NOW | ROLL OF HONOUR

THE UNIMAGINABLE QUANTITIES OF MUINITIONS CONSUMED BY WW1, NEEDED THOUSANDS OF WOMEN WORKERS TO MAKE THEM

munitions.jpg

HERE WE SEE ONE OF THOSE MUNITIONS WORKERS WEARING THE OVERALLS WORN AT THE ROYAL GUNPOWDER MILLS.

* * * * * * * * * * *
AT RAILWAY STATIONS, REST CENTRES, CAMPS AND CANTEEN VANS, LADIES DOLED OUT TEA & WADS TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS

havenstreet40022.jpg

HERE WE SEE OUR VERY OWN L.A.S.S. (LADIES AID TO SOLDIERS & SAILORS)
 
CUP OF CHAR AND A PACKET OF WOODBINES PLEASE!

DURING WW2 THE ATS SERVED ALONGSIDE THE ARMY. HERE IS OUR TRIBUTE TO THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN

atitaly.jpg

JUST IN CASE YOU THOUGH THAT ITALY WAS ALL SUNSHINE AND BEACHES

388atsgloved.jpg

OUR ATS DRIVER REMINDS US THAT ITALIAN WINTERS CAN BE VERY COLD!

Dedicated to the history of the
BRITISH RIFLEMAN