WW2 women. Wren N S Hopkins, from London, operating a Holman projector, on the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) ranges at Cardiff. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
May 11, 2026 at 1:06 PM
WW2 women. Wren N S Hopkins, from London, operating a Holman projector, on the Defensively Equipped Merchant Ship (DEMS) ranges at Cardiff. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
Mrs. Dart, a childminder in Bristol, entertains six children in Bristol with a storybook while their mothers work, 1941. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
August 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Mrs. Dart, a childminder in Bristol, entertains six children in Bristol with a storybook while their mothers work, 1941. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
My September 2025 Newsletter is here, featuring an interview with fellow author Vince Santoro talking about his new book, Letters of Redemption. Have a read! shorturl.at/aGW8y #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
September 19, 2025 at 7:13 PM
My September 2025 Newsletter is here, featuring an interview with fellow author Vince Santoro talking about his new book, Letters of Redemption. Have a read! shorturl.at/aGW8y #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
WW2 WAAF: The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF): Members of the WAAF and a RAF storeman packing items in a storage hangar in Stafford, England. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
January 5, 2026 at 2:29 PM
WW2 WAAF: The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF): Members of the WAAF and a RAF storeman packing items in a storage hangar in Stafford, England. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
The Unquiet Translator is here! Violet flees her guilt to Bletchley Park, translating secrets in silence. But danger, betrayal & grief follow her. A story of resilience, forgiveness & finding your voice when every word matters.#WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women #BletchleyPark rb.gy/s0nlrj
July 18, 2025 at 12:51 PM
The Unquiet Translator is here! Violet flees her guilt to Bletchley Park, translating secrets in silence. But danger, betrayal & grief follow her. A story of resilience, forgiveness & finding your voice when every word matters.#WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women #BletchleyPark rb.gy/s0nlrj
WW2 Women in men’s jobs: Women making eye splices in 4" wire. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
December 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
WW2 Women in men’s jobs: Women making eye splices in 4" wire. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
Florence Kelly, a female warden carrying Suzanne Oliphant, a little girl, after she had been rescued by a fireman from a house on which a V1 flying bomb had destroyed a block of flats at Buckingham Gate in London, 23 June 1944. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
August 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Florence Kelly, a female warden carrying Suzanne Oliphant, a little girl, after she had been rescued by a fireman from a house on which a V1 flying bomb had destroyed a block of flats at Buckingham Gate in London, 23 June 1944. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
Two Wrens (Women’s Royal Navy) drivers who carried navy personnel on urgent work between bases in WW2. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
October 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Two Wrens (Women’s Royal Navy) drivers who carried navy personnel on urgent work between bases in WW2. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
War worker Mrs. Wilkinson breaks down fuses at ROF Aycliffe (munitions factory), near Darlington, County Durham, England. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
November 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
War worker Mrs. Wilkinson breaks down fuses at ROF Aycliffe (munitions factory), near Darlington, County Durham, England. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
Two women, responding to the 'Holidays at Home' campaign, writing postcards in Hyde Park, London. Courtesy IWM. #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
August 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Two women, responding to the 'Holidays at Home' campaign, writing postcards in Hyde Park, London. Courtesy IWM. #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
WWII Women – Beyond factory lines, some women tested ammunition, explosives, and shells for defects under strict, secretive conditions. #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
April 14, 2025 at 1:18 PM
WWII Women – Beyond factory lines, some women tested ammunition, explosives, and shells for defects under strict, secretive conditions. #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
Underground Railway Women, 1942. Mrs. L Philpotts (left) and Mrs. E Firth carry out essential maintenance work underneath the escalators at a London underground station. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
December 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Underground Railway Women, 1942. Mrs. L Philpotts (left) and Mrs. E Firth carry out essential maintenance work underneath the escalators at a London underground station. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
Women working in a British dockyard, July 1941. One of the many jobs taken up by women as the men went off to fight. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
October 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Women working in a British dockyard, July 1941. One of the many jobs taken up by women as the men went off to fight. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
WW2 women. Women reeving grommets for Boom defence nets. A great example of women taking on roles previously only held by men – who had gone off to fight. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
June 8, 2026 at 3:33 PM
WW2 women. Women reeving grommets for Boom defence nets. A great example of women taking on roles previously only held by men – who had gone off to fight. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
WW2 women: At a centre in Slough, Berkshire, England which provided training for work in war factories, Miss Ruby May is works on the tail component of an aircraft. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
April 6, 2026 at 4:59 PM
WW2 women: At a centre in Slough, Berkshire, England which provided training for work in war factories, Miss Ruby May is works on the tail component of an aircraft. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
Underground Railway Women, 1942. Miss Hannah Casson operates the ticket machine in her booth at a London Underground station. Passengers queue up for their turn behind the glass. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
November 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Underground Railway Women, 1942. Miss Hannah Casson operates the ticket machine in her booth at a London Underground station. Passengers queue up for their turn behind the glass. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
WW2 women: Auxiliary Territorial Service: Two ATS women operate a range finder on an anti-aircraft gun site at night. One of the guns is firing in the background. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
June 22, 2026 at 1:45 PM
WW2 women: Auxiliary Territorial Service: Two ATS women operate a range finder on an anti-aircraft gun site at night. One of the guns is firing in the background. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
A British soldier on a captured horse stopping to have a word with one of the mothers and her baby from a maternity home at Benouville, 27 July 1944. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
September 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A British soldier on a captured horse stopping to have a word with one of the mothers and her baby from a maternity home at Benouville, 27 July 1944. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
WW2 Women ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) women loading shells into the breech of a 25-pdr field gun at the Royal Artillery Experimental Unit in Essex, 1943 IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
December 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
WW2 Women ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) women loading shells into the breech of a 25-pdr field gun at the Royal Artillery Experimental Unit in Essex, 1943 IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
WWII Women – Women in the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service). These army women look pretty happy as they are waiting for transport. 190,000 women served in many capacities, contributing vitally to the war effort. #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
May 5, 2025 at 2:35 PM
WWII Women – Women in the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service). These army women look pretty happy as they are waiting for transport. 190,000 women served in many capacities, contributing vitally to the war effort. #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
Mrs. A B Skinner of Totterdown, Bristol, works part-time as a milk roundswoman during the war. Here she can be seen leaving two pints of milk on a doorstep. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
September 15, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Mrs. A B Skinner of Totterdown, Bristol, works part-time as a milk roundswoman during the war. Here she can be seen leaving two pints of milk on a doorstep. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
If you’re interested in the history of Bletchley Park (home of the codebreakers), including the contribution of thousands of women, tune into The Bletchley Park podcast with oral histories of veterans along with expert analysis of all aspects of WWII. rb.gy/cgcy6h #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
Bletchley Park
History Podcast · Updated Bimonthly · Bletchley Park is the home of British codebreaking and a birthplace of modern information technology. It played a major role in World War Two, producing secret in...
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May 12, 2025 at 1:35 PM
If you’re interested in the history of Bletchley Park (home of the codebreakers), including the contribution of thousands of women, tune into The Bletchley Park podcast with oral histories of veterans along with expert analysis of all aspects of WWII. rb.gy/cgcy6h #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
The milking team at a Norfolk dairy farm (two men and two women) smile for the camera in the sunshine, with their pails and milking stools at the ready during the war. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
September 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The milking team at a Norfolk dairy farm (two men and two women) smile for the camera in the sunshine, with their pails and milking stools at the ready during the war. IWM #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
WWII Women – Experimental camoufleurs blended art with science, designing and testing clever disguises—like fake tanks, netted airfields, and painted landscapes—to fool enemy pilots and keep Britain’s secrets hidden from the sky. #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women
April 7, 2025 at 1:10 PM
WWII Women – Experimental camoufleurs blended art with science, designing and testing clever disguises—like fake tanks, netted airfields, and painted landscapes—to fool enemy pilots and keep Britain’s secrets hidden from the sky. #WW2Books #BritishHistory #WW2Women