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

Item

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/180

Scope and Contents

Photo shows WSC and Mary Churchill, both wearing metal helmets and binoculars round their necks, looking up at the sky. WSC has a cigar in his mouth and Mary is wearing an ATS uniform and shielding her eyes from the sun.

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.