Portrait of a British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) motorcycle despatch rider in Northern Irel
Portrait of a British Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) motorcycle despatch rider in Northern Ireland. A branch of the British Army, the ATS was formed on 9 September 1938, initially as a women’s voluntary service, and existed until 1 February 1949, when it was merged into the Women’s Royal Army Corps.As more men joined the war effort, it was decided to increase the size of the ATS, with numbers reaching 65,000 by September 1941. These numbers dramatically increased as the war dragged on. Northern Ireland, U.K. 26 September 1941. -- source link
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