posted on 2024-06-05, 19:32authored byTheir Finest Hour Project Team
Margaret Lilian Banks was a cook in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). She maintained a diary with a record of recipes for meals. It started in November 1943. She was based in Guildford. She later recounted stories about her time. She mentioned having her fingernails checked every day. The ovens had no temperature gauge. So, cooking involved a lot of guesswork. The diary included an order for Christmas Day at No.7, ATS Training Centre. It is autographed on the second side.
History
Item list and details
1. Logbook- Guildford (first day's log- 1st November 1943)
2. Christmas Day menu 1943 and autographs
Person the story/items relate to
Margaret Lilian Banks
Person who shared the story/items
Christine Taylor
Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor
She was the contributor's mother.
Type of submission
Shared at National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire on 17 February 2024.