"My daughter Mary: She's in the Army now", 1944-06-30

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/177

Scope and Contents

Photo shows WSC sitting in a chair, wearing a metal helmet and holding a pair of large binoculars. CSC, wearing a metal helmet, stands behind him with her fingers in her ears. Mary Churchill leans over WSC, also wearing a metal helmet, pointing to the sky. Anti-aircraft guns and ATS personnel are seen in the distance.

Dates

Creation: 1944-06-30

Creator

From the Fonds: Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian) (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

From the File:

Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.

Biographical / Historical

Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] served with the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 481 Battery. In 1944 481 Battery was stationed near Chartwell, Kent, and when WSC and CSC visited they saw the battery in action against a V-1 flying bomb.