Mum's Army - Couverture souple

Phillips, Winifred; Kyle, Shannon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1444824376 ISBN 13 : 9781444824377

Editeur : Ulverscroft Ltd, 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Winifred Phillips was born in Ilford, Essex, in 1926, one of four children. Sent to a convent boarding school, which she loathed, she trained as a nursery nurse and met George Wheeler, a 19-year-old RAF trainee wireless operator. The pair fell in love and spent a happy year together, only to say goodbye in 1943 when he was sent on bombing missions to Germany. They kept in touch with regular letters but he went missing in 1944 and nobody knew what happened to him. Determined to see something of the world, Winifred joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1948 and enlisted in the Women's Royal Army Corps a year later. For the next two decades she travelled the globe and reached the rank of Warrant Officer Class 2. Her story offers a unique insight into the lives of female service personnel in the 1950s and '60s. She writes wittily and candidly about her time in the army, how life was lived in the mess and the NAAFI, and the scrapes she got into. But she never forgot George. And she never married. At the age of 70, she went on a journey to find out what happened to the only man who would ever win her heart and, 50 years after he disappeared, she was finally able to pay her respects. In 2009, after ten years of campaigning, Win became the first ever female Chelsea Pensioner to be accepted at the Royal Hospital Chelsea, where she lives today.

Quatrième de couverture

Our new home appeared to be a series of buildings dumped in a desert. But outside the gates there was a NAAFI shop and milk bar. I was very happy to be out of Blighty.
During the Second World War, Winifred Phillips was a young nursery nurse in Essex, in love with George Wheeler, a 19-year-old RAF trainee wireless operator. The pair spent a happy year together, only to say goodbye in 1943 when he was sent on bombing missions to Germany. They kept in touch with regular letters but he went missing in action in 1944 and nobody knew what happened to him.
Winifred joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1948 and enlisted in the Women's Royal Army Corps a year later. She writes wittily and candidly about two decades spent travelling the globe, finding adventure and comradeship in adverse conditions. But she never married, and she never forgot George. And at the age of 70, she finally found out what happened to her sweetheart. After a spirited ten-year campaign, in 2009 she became the first female Chelsea Pensioner to be accepted into the Royal Hospital, where she lives today. Her fascinating story offers a unique insight into the post-war life of women in the British Army.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ulverscroft Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1444824376
• ISBN 13: 9781444824377
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible