Women's Legion was a British charitable organisation created in 1915 by Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, the Marchioness of Londonderry. Its first general secretary (to 1918) was Rose Bradley, daughter of George Granville Bradley, Dean of Westminster.[1] It comprised volunteers who wore military-style uniforms and took on various duties within agriculture, canteen, cookery and motor transport sections. More than 40,000 women joined its forces.[2]

Oak panel from York Minster's Five Sisters window memorial, including those who died in the line of service from the Women's Legion

In 1925 the Five Sisters window at York Minster was rededicated to the 1,513 women who died in the line of service during WWI, including six women of the Women's Legion Motor Transport section.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "Miss Rose Bradley". The Times. No. 51188. 28 September 1948. p. 7.
  2. ↑ "Women's Legion - Lives of the First World War". livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Five Sisters Window: Unveiling by the Duchess of York". The Canadian Nurse (Vol. 21, No. 9 ed.). Winnipeg, Canada: Canadian Nurses’ Association. September 1925. p. 484.
  4. ↑ Fell, Alison S (2018). Women as veterans in interwar Britain and France. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 48. ISBN 9781108348935.


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