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Princess Elizabeth changing the wheel of a vehicle, 1945

Photograph, World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945), 1945.

Princess Elizabeth (later Queen Elizabeth II) joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in February 1945 as a subaltern. By the end of the war she had reached the rank of junior commander, having completed her course at No 1 Mechanical Training Centre of the ATS, and passed out as a fully qualified driver.

One of a 388 photographs of the Auxiliary Territorial Service, 1939-1949.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1994-07-291-68

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1994-07-291-68

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