Tracing your service women ancestors

Summary:

"Assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of service women, Mary Ingham explains which records survive, where they can be found and how they can help in your research. She also vividly describes the role of women with the armed services from the Crimean War of the 1850s to the aftermath of the First World War and offers an insight into what the records can tell you about the career of an ancestor who served at home or abroad. From the army schoolmistresses to the Women's Land Army, her account outlines the history of each service, describes uniforms and gives examples of daily life and likely experiences"--Back cover.

Record details

ISBN: 9781848841734
ISBN: 1848841736
Physical Description: 1 volume
Publisher: Barnsley : Pen & Sword Family History, 2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Ch. 1. Army Schoolmistresses and QAS -- ch. 2. Crimea nurses -- ch. 3. Army Nursing Service -- ch. 4. Care of the wounded in the First World War -- ch. 5. The Voluntary Aid Detachments -- ch. 6. Military and naval masseuses -- ch. 7. First Aid Nursing Yeomanry -- ch. 8. Medical women with the armed forces in the First World War -- ch. 9. RAF Nursing Service and PMRAFNS -- ch. 10. Queen Alexandra's Military Families Nursing Service -- ch. 11. Naval Nursing Service -- ch. 12. Indian Army Nursing Service and QAMNSI -- ch. 13. Women's Auxiliary Services in the First World War -- ch. 14. Women's Army Auxiliary Corps -- ch. 15. Women's Royal Naval Service -- ch. 16. Women's Royal Air Force -- ch. 17. Women's Forage Corps -- ch. 18. Women's Land Army.