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9 - Overseas Service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 August 2020

Jeremy A. Crang
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University of Edinburgh
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During the war, members of the women’s services were deployed with their ‘parent’ forces all around the world. This came to include such locations as the United States, Canada, the West Indies, Egypt, Palestine, Algeria, Kenya, South Africa, Italy, Gibraltar, Malta, Australia, India, Ceylon and north-west Europe. This chapter analyses the guidelines which governed their overseas service and the decision to post members of the ATS abroad compulsorily. It also covers their service life overseas. The dearth of female contact for servicemen overseas, for example, made them much sought after as off-duty companions.

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Sisters in Arms
Women in the British Armed Forces during the Second World War
, pp. 174 - 200
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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  • Overseas Service
  • Jeremy A. Crang, University of Edinburgh
  • Book: Sisters in Arms
  • Online publication: 31 August 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139004190.010
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  • Overseas Service
  • Jeremy A. Crang, University of Edinburgh
  • Book: Sisters in Arms
  • Online publication: 31 August 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139004190.010
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  • Overseas Service
  • Jeremy A. Crang, University of Edinburgh
  • Book: Sisters in Arms
  • Online publication: 31 August 2020
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781139004190.010
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