Auxiliary Territorial Service

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military organization women's branch of the British Army

The Auxiliary Territorial Service was the women's branch of the British Army during the Second World War, in which the future Queen Elizabeth II served as a driver and mechanic.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Auxiliary Territorial Service canonical 9
British Army Auxiliary Territorial Service 1
Women's Auxiliary Army Corps 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf military organization ⓘ
women's branch of the British Army ⓘ
abbreviation ATS ⓘ
activeDuring World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
allegiance Crown in right of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Crown of the United Kingdom
category British Army history ⓘ
United Kingdom in World War II ⓘ
Women's military organizations ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
surface form: Second World War
couldServeOverseas yes ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1949 ⓘ
genderRestriction women ⓘ
governedBy War Office ⓘ
headquartersLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
inception 1938 ⓘ
languageOfCommand English ⓘ
motto We Serve ⓘ
notableMember Elizabeth II ⓘ
surface form: Princess Elizabeth

Elizabeth II ⓘ
surface form: Queen Elizabeth II
partOf British Army ⓘ
peakStrength over 190000 personnel ⓘ
permittedCombatRole none (officially non-combatant) ⓘ
predecessor Auxiliary Territorial Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Princess ElizabethLaterRank Junior Commander ⓘ
Princess ElizabethRank Second Subaltern ⓘ
PrincessElizabethRole driver ⓘ
mechanic ⓘ
recruitment later included conscription ⓘ
voluntary at inception ⓘ
role air defence support ⓘ
anti-aircraft command support ⓘ
clerical work ⓘ
driving ⓘ
mechanical maintenance ⓘ
non-combatant support ⓘ
radar operation ⓘ
searchlight operation ⓘ
signals and communications ⓘ
servedInTheatres Myanmar ⓘ
surface form: Burma

East Africa ⓘ
India ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Europe

United Kingdom ⓘ
serviceBranch Army ⓘ
status disbanded ⓘ
successor Women's Royal Army Corps ⓘ
typeOfUnit auxiliary service ⓘ
uniformColor khaki ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elizabeth II → militaryBranch → Auxiliary Territorial Service ⓘ
Auxiliary Territorial Service → predecessor → Auxiliary Territorial Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Mary Soames → militaryBranch → Auxiliary Territorial Service ⓘ
Second Subaltern → usedIn → Auxiliary Territorial Service ⓘ
Second Subaltern → serviceBranch → Auxiliary Territorial Service ⓘ
Second Subaltern → serviceBranch → Auxiliary Territorial Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Army Auxiliary Territorial Service
ATS → standsFor → Auxiliary Territorial Service ⓘ
ATS → servedIn → Auxiliary Territorial Service ⓘ
subject surface form: Princess Elizabeth
Women's Royal Army Corps → precededBy → Auxiliary Territorial Service ⓘ
Mary Churchill → militaryBranch → Auxiliary Territorial Service ⓘ
The Gentle Sex → mainSubject → Auxiliary Territorial Service ⓘ