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robertbohan.bsky.social
Both Lavery & Orpen captured different elements of the Great War & have left us unique Irish visions of the conflict.

QMAAC Camp (1918), The Entrance, Dover Harbour (1918), the Arrival of the German Delegates (1918) & the Guns, HMS Terror (1918)
March 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
debsadelight.bsky.social
Just found this amazing website containing loads of photos,info and biographies re QMAAC.
Brilliant

woolerwarmemorials.weebly.com/qmaac.html
#WW1
#WomensHistory
September 1, 2026 at 2:25 PM
thisdayinwwi.bsky.social
Women KIA during German Raid May 30 1918
Beatrice Campbell, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC)
Driver Bertha G ‘Betty’ Stevenson
Dorothy Baldwin, Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC)
E L Pringle, CAMC
Jeannie Grant, QMAAC
Annie E Moores, QMAAC
Ethel F Mary Parker, QMAAC
Agnes MacPherson CAMC
BEATRICE CAMPBELL - Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC) https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205380045 Miss Annie Elizabeth Moores, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205380912 Miss Ethel Frances Mary Parker, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205380992 BETTY STEVENSON - Young Men's Christian Association https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205381238 DOROTHY MARY BALDWIN- Canadian Army Medical Corps https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205379861 Nursing Sister Agnes MacPherson , Canadian Army Medical Corpshttps://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/5609017 E L Pringle, Canadian Army Medical Corps https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205381068 JEANNIE GRANT - QMAAC https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205380443 Worker Catherine Connor 34767, Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corp https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/4947283
May 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
quarkquent.bsky.social
For women but the options are: WAAC, land army (mark 2), QMAAC, or Bletchley.

Handmaid, whore, madonna, crone.
June 6, 2025 at 8:30 PM
doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social
1. Women at War: Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps. (QMAAC)
We remember Worker Winifred Edith Absalom.
Winifred Edith Absalom was born in 1894, Faringdon, Berkshire. She was the daughter of Alfred Absalom and Elizabeth Dandridge. #WW1 #QMAAC
April 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM
doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social
2. Jeannie joined the Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC). Service No. 46868. Rank Worker.
Jeannie died of pneumonia on 29th October 1918, Perth and Kinross, Scotland aged 20. She is buried at Dalbeattie Cemetery. #WW1 #QMAAC #womenatwar
July 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
sommecourt.bsky.social
Tomorrow on Old Front Line #podcast we have a Questions & Answers episode which includes one about the role of women in the British Army in #WW1.
Description Object description Scene in a Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC) Nissen Hut Camp in Rouen, 10th September 1918. Object Details Category Photographs Related period First World War (production), First World War (content) Creator McLellan, David (Second Lieutenant) (Photographer) Production date 1918-09-10 Catalogue number Q 9306 Part of MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION
February 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
debsadelight.bsky.social
Just love this! Olive Sheringham
served in QMAAC 1918-1920, well after the war. What I love is that she wrote into the QMAAAC journal to proudly state that she was the only woman chief clerk in the country! And only then after “a stiff fight”
Way to go Olive. A quiet, unheralded trailblazer.
She didn’t marry and her “occupation” in the 19139 register is “assisting evacuees”!! She died in her 80s.
September 11, 2026 at 9:57 AM
doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social
2. Winifred joined the Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps. (QMAAC) Rank Worker. Service No. 42271. She was a signaller and had served in France.
Worker Winifred Edith Absalom died while serving her country on 4th March 1919 aged 24. #WW1 #QMAAC
April 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM
debsadelight.bsky.social
The Women’s Section formed in 1918 were an autonomous section within the ‘Comrades’ Membership open to "wives, widows, mothers, sisters of soldiers and sailors and ex-members of the Navy, Military and Air Force Nursing Services, the QMAAC, WRNS, WRAF and VAD".

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January 29, 2025 at 8:48 AM
debsadelight.bsky.social
Aileen Finnigan was admitted to The Royal Female Orphanage in Beddington in 1907 – but I noticed that after having been“placed” in several positions as a servant, in 1918, she joined the QMAAC!
on her QMAAC records is a letter from her in 1939 – asking if she could help in WW2! A fulfilling life!
Aileen’s records, noting her occupation as a house parlour maid. Her job record Asking what she could do to help her country in 1939. Note she had emigrated to Canada alone in 1923 and married in 1927. The war really did give her a step up.
February 8, 2025 at 12:09 PM
mosieurj.eurosky.social
#Rouen Scene in a Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC) Nissen Hut Camp in Rouen, 10th September 1918.
sommecourt.bsky.social Paul Reed @sommecourt.bsky.social · Feb 14
Tomorrow on Old Front Line #podcast we have a Questions & Answers episode which includes one about the role of women in the British Army in #WW1.
Description Object description Scene in a Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC) Nissen Hut Camp in Rouen, 10th September 1918. Object Details Category Photographs Related period First World War (production), First World War (content) Creator McLellan, David (Second Lieutenant) (Photographer) Production date 1918-09-10 Catalogue number Q 9306 Part of MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION
February 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social
1. Remembering the Women Casualties of War:
Jeannie Turnball Wright was born in 1899, Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Andrew Wright and Wilhelmina Jane Currie. #womenatwar #QMAAC #WW1
July 24, 2025 at 10:37 AM
debsadelight.bsky.social
This is brilliant. Please do check it out. It’s women in the WAAC in France. Wonderful
#WW1

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83K views · 3.5K reactions | Restored footage from 1918 showing members of the British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), also known as Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC), in front of th...
Restored footage from 1918 showing members of the British Army Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), also known as Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC), in front of their mess hall in France....
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September 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social
3. She died at the Poor Law Infirmary, Berkshire. The cause of death was Phthisis Pulmonalis.
Winifred was buried with full military honours at St. Margaret Churchyard, Hinton Waldrist, Oxfordshire.
Group photo is of Winifred in France. #WW1 #QMAAC
April 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM
chrislaumanson.bsky.social
However, she developed a carcinoma of the Larynx.

He also found this very informative page on the @womenslibrary.bsky.social's Women of Scotland project:

womenofscotland.org.uk/women/violet...

So she did serve overseas - and passed away shortly after her discharge from the WAAC/QMAAC.
Violet Ross | Mapping Memorials to Women in Scotland
womenofscotland.org.uk
September 4, 2026 at 9:22 AM
debsadelight.bsky.social
Remembering Worker EDITH ELLEN BARFORD, of the QMAAC died on 22/7/19 and is buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery, Her baby daughter is in a pauper's grave which listed about a dozen other names so they weren't buried together.
#WW1
livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/49...
In fact because Edith was given a CWGC headstone, it stands alone in a large area of unmarked graves. Her husband married her sister 6 months later! I visited her grave and placed some flowers on it. Hers is a single headstone in a vast area of unmarked graves of those unable to afford a headstone. Awful. A re-post She was married to Mr J. Barford, of Hadley Avenue, Anson Estate, Manchester and died after giving birth to a daughter, who sadly died the day after. Edith is buried in Manchester Southern Cemetery, Lancashire, UK -. I found out a lot about her life and death which enabled this research via her worker’s records and ancestry A lot more about Edith is on the entry I did for Lives of the First World War https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/4940870
April 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
womenofworth.bsky.social
Earlier this month we added the name of QMAAC Worker Frances Hildred Mitchell to the Borough of Keighley roll of honour. Died of pneumonia in 1919 in service and buried in Keighley, her name was never added to the book. We're thrilled to see her recognised.
www.menofworth.org.uk/keighley/fra...
A women dressed in an Army greatcoat and felt hat with a brass badge. She is holding a leather glove in one hand. A white marble Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone with the badge of Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps engraved at the top. Beneath this are the words: 39581 WORKER F. H. Mitchell Q.M.Army Aux. Corps 22nd February 1919 A large plain cross is inscribed below. The page of the Second roll of honour book with the names of Frances Hildred Mitchell in red and her Army rank, number and Corps details in black ink. The other six names are of men and they are in black ink with red Army details. The cap badge of the Queen Mary's Arm,y Auxiliary Corps. It s made as a bronze wreath with a King's crown at the top. A scroll beneath the crown says 'Queen Mary's' and beneath this are three large letters A A C.
November 27, 2024 at 11:07 PM
menofworth.bsky.social
Well, little Libby unveiled the Borough of Keighley roll of honour book with it's 103 new names last Saturday and I've just about recovered from the stress of it all.
I actually had a great day, but the run-up was a bit fraught arranging everything.
Page images:
www.menofworth.org.uk/home/researc...
Left to right, Deputy Mayor of Keighley, Councillor Chris Herd, Libby who unveiled the roll of honour and Andy Wade of the Men of Worth Project. Behind them is an oak and glass case with a large roll of honour opened for public viewing. Chris is wearing a dark grey suit, white shirt and burgundy tie with the Deputy Mayor's pendant on a green sah around his neck. Libby is wearinga dress with red flowers and Andy is wearing a dark navy suit with a white shirt and an RAF tie. Nine people standing in Keighley Library with the Borough of Keighley Great War roll of honour. It has been unveiled to show 103 new names. Author and actor Irene Lofthouse in full flow, portraying the life of QMAAC Worker Frances Hildred Mitchell, the only woman named in Keighley's 1914 - 1918 roll of honour. The image is of a woman wearing a greenish brown khaki dress tied with a belt at the waist, plus a felt hat and brass badge. She is also wearing a speaker box at her waist and a headset microphone. The signature page of the second book of the Keighley roll of honour. It is made from a high quality cream coloured 'Saunders' paper with illimunated text in black, red, blue and gold text stating the following: Subsequent to October 2024, the CENTENARY of the original Roll of Honour. We the undersigned hereby RECOGNISE a further 103 names HEREINAFTER added to the 1914-1918 ROLL OF HONOUR OF THE BOROUGH OF KEIGHLEY The Mayor The Director of the Men of Worth Project The Town Clerk Keighley Library. The page is unsigned and was later signed on Friday 8th November 2024.
November 14, 2024 at 4:57 PM
menofworth.bsky.social
4/ and submit names to be added. Many of those who were missing from the list were not added back then, because their families had moved away and in some cases, emigrated. Our access to archives was significantly better than they could dream of in 1924 and we could prove these men (and one woman)...
Frances Hildred Mitchell. A young woman wearing the uniform of Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC). This photograph is quite dark and over 100 years old so it is somewhat battered around the edges. It is signed 'Your Loving Siter, Hilda.' She is the only woman named in Keighley's Great War Roll of Honour.
January 17, 2026 at 8:12 PM
menofworth.bsky.social
This is a natural progression of our work researching the people of the district who served in wartime.
One of them is QMAAC worker Frances Hildred Mitchell who died of pneumonia in 1918. She has a @CWGC grave & deserves recognition in our roll of honour: www.menofworth.org.uk/keighley/fra...
An old rather damaged photograph of a woman wearing the uniform of Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps. She is facing the camera and has a wide brimmed hat on her head and her hands in the pockets of her long greatcoat. A white marble Commonwealth War Grave headstone in Utley Cemetery, Keighley in West Yorkshire. It has the inscription: 39581 Worker F. H. Mitchell. Q. M. Army Auxiliary Corps. 22nd February 1918. There is an engraved badge of the Corps above the inscription.
October 7, 2023 at 6:44 AM
menofworth.bsky.social
After the unveiling and the burial of a time capsule we retired to Keighley Civic Centre for a well earned cup of tea. There's a black tie reception tonight and yours truly will be giving a speech about our #NationalLotteryHeritageFund and #KeighleyTownCouncil Grant...
Keighley's Deputy Mayor Chris Herd helps three year old Libby Griffiths unveil the new names in the roll of honour book at Keighley Library on 9th November 2024. Andy Wade is helping Libby to lift the covering flag. Historian and author Irene Lofthouse portrays the life of QMAAC Worker Frances Hildred Mitchell, who died of pneumonia in 1919. Frances Mitchell's name has now been added to Keighley's roll of honour. A woman dressed in a khaki uniform dress with a brown felt hat and badge. She is standing in front of a bookcase full of books in a library.
December 7, 2024 at 5:40 PM