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Gertrude Roberts at the recruiting desk, 1942

November 1942 · Birmingham (ATS recruiting office); sitter from Kingstanding

A woman in ATS uniform sits at a desk writing in a ledger with a pencil, looking at the camera; posters and wooden chairs are behind her. — Image: IWM (H 25756). War Office official photograph by Lt E. A. Taylor, November 1942 · Select the picture to zoom and pan.

Pte Gertrude Roberts of Kingstanding at work at an ATS recruiting enquiry office in Birmingham, November 1942.

A companion to IWM H 25755, from the same series and with the same caption card (H 25756). Gertrude Roberts is at a desk, writing in a register.

Notes

As for H 25755: the sitter is confirmed as 'of Allerton Road, Kingstanding' (probably Ellerton Road, B44). The photograph was taken at a recruiting office in Birmingham, not in Kingstanding. Dated November 1942 by the caption card. Location confidence: confirmed (sitter's home); office unidentified.

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