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During the hot nights they sleep out in the open
During the hot nights they sleep out in the open
Four female volunteers are shown sleeping outdoors, their British army helmets close to hand. The woodland cover and the tin helmets would help to protect the women against aerial attack, but they were never entirely safe: at Etaples Army Camp in April 1918 nine female volunteers were killed by German bombers. The shape of the helmets worn by these members of the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Cor…
Contributors
- Thomas Keith, b. 1879 Aitken
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
- Camping
- Helmets
- Military camps
- Sleeping
- Volunteers
- Women
- Woods
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Contributors
- Thomas Keith, b. 1879 Aitken
Subject
- Great Britain. Army. Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
- Camping
- Helmets
- Military camps
- Sleeping
- Volunteers
- Women
- Woods
Type of item
- Monograph
- Monograph
- Photograph
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Rights
- Available under Creative Commons license; Attribution, Non-commercial, ShareAlike
Issue date
- 2005
- 1918
- 1918
- 2005
Places
- Europe, France (nation )
Identifier
- 74549140
Extent
- 1 online resource
Is part of
- http://data.theeuropeanlibrary.org/Collection/a1219
Year
- 2005
- 1918
Providing country
- United Kingdom
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-04-06T13:22:47.326Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2016-05-31T08:45:47.691Z