Two members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps carrying wreaths to lay on soldier's graves, 1917 (c)

Photograph, 1917 (c).

The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) served in both Britain and France during World War One (1914-1918). One of their roles on mainland Europe was as cemetery gardeners. They tended to the graves of soldiers and stood in for the individual's family as mourners at burials. Members of the WAAC who had died (there were 81 by the end of the War) would also have been buried in military cemeteries.