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(76) N.528 - W.A.A.C's bathing on the coast somewhere in France

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(76) N.528 - W.A.A.C's bathing on the coast somewhere in France

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(76) N.528 - W.A.A.C's bathing on the coast somewhere in France
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DescriptionWomen's Auxiliary Army Corps members, France, during World War I. This photograph, thought to be by Tom Aitken, shows four Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC) members enjoying a swim on a beach in France. The WAAC was a voluntary service started in January 1917 when the loss of life among the men in the army was so great that women were needed for non-military roles. WAAC women served in both Britain and France. The newspapers liked to suggest that the WAACs in France were immoral and often becoming pregnant, but an investigation showed this to be largely unfounded rumour. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. W.A.A.C's bathing on the coast somewhere in France.']
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Tom Aitken
DescriptionTom Aitken was a newspaper photographer from Glasgow who was assigned in December 1917 as a war photographer along with David McLellan and Armando Consolé. McLellan's work also features in the National Library of Scotland’s Haig Papers. War photographers held a hybrid position during World War I, being part of yet not ultimately responsible to the military.
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DescriptionBlack-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries.
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