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Female Telegraphists and Telephonists
Female Telegraphists and Telephonists
This community gathers together women who worked as telephonists and telegraphists during the war. There are many instances of women in these positions who were awarded the Medal of the Order of the British Empire for great courage and devotion to duty during air raids or accidents at munitions factories.
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Born 1890
Died 1918
British Army 18375 Worker Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
British Army 18375 Telephonist Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
More about Elizabeth Sligh Johnston -
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Born 1885
Other Empire Force Telephonist Lee Green Telephone Exchange
More about Alice Naomi Johnson -
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Born 1876
Other Empire Force Telephonist General Post Office, Great Yarmouth
More about Amelia Jane Ward -
Other Empire Force Telegraphist Vice Admiral's Office, Dover
More about Charlotte E F Smith -
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Other Empire Force Sorting Clerk and Telegraphist
More about Lucie Jane Dartnell -
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Born 1895
Died 1980
Other Empire Force Telephonist
More about Margaret Annie Louise Godfrey -
Born 1900
Died 1918
Royal Navy Clerk Women's Royal Naval Service
Royal Navy G668 Telephonist Women's Royal Naval Service
More about Georgina Drysdale -
Born 1901
Died 1920
Royal Navy G2091 Telephonist Women's Royal Naval Service
Royal Navy G/2091 Telephonist Women's Royal Naval Service
More about Dorothy Marjorie Drewry -
Other Empire Force Night Supervisor Royal Arsenal Telephone Exchange
More about Fannie C J Bartlett -
Born 1894
Died 1918
Royal Navy G/2335 Telephonist Women's Royal Naval Service
Royal Navy G2335 Telephonist Women's Royal Naval Service
More about Harriet Hawkesworth Drewry -
Royal Navy G1118 Telephonist Women's Royal Naval Service
More about Helen Fairlie Henderson