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Mum and Auntie Kath's wartime service

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posted on 2024-06-05, 18:11 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

My mother Marjorie and her older sister Kathleen joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) as cooks in coastal command airbases. Places my Mum mentioned were RAF Chivenor, near Barnstaple, Haverfordwest West, Plymouth, and at some point they must have been in Morecambe where the street photographer took the snap of them.

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Street photograph taken in Morecambe in 1941. Kathleen on the left, Marjorie on the right.

Person the story/items relate to

Marjorie Hillier, Kathleen Hillier

Person who shared the story/items

Anon

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

Marjorie was my Mum. Kathleen was my aunt.

Type of submission

Shared online via the Their Finest Hour project website.

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90490