Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:military_organization
|
| gptkbp:abbreviation |
gptkb:WAAC
|
| gptkbp:activity |
catering
telecommunications clerical work mechanical work storekeeping domestic work |
| gptkbp:conflict |
gptkb:World_War_I
|
| gptkbp:country |
gptkb:United_Kingdom
|
| gptkbp:dissolved |
1921
|
| gptkbp:firstDirector |
gptkb:Dame_Helen_Gwynne-Vaughan
|
| gptkbp:formed |
1917
|
| gptkbp:gender |
female
|
| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:London
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
|
| gptkbp:notable_member |
gptkb:Dame_Florence_Simpson
gptkb:Helen_Gwynne-Vaughan |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
first women’s corps in British Army
|
| gptkbp:parentOrganization |
gptkb:British_Army
|
| gptkbp:purpose |
free men for front-line service
|
| gptkbp:renamed |
gptkb:Queen_Mary’s_Army_Auxiliary_Corps
April 1918 |
| gptkbp:role |
support for British Army
|
| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:Queen_Mary’s_Army_Auxiliary_Corps
|
| gptkbp:type |
auxiliary corps
|
| gptkbp:uniform |
khaki tunic and skirt
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Women’s_Army_Corps
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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