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E.W. Harmer & Co Ltd
(manufacturer)
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) service dress jacket, dated 1943. Worn by Gwendoline Celia Lewis (1911-1986) as a Leading Aircraft Woman. She was born and lived most of her life in Aberdare. Before the Second World War she worked as a nanny for the children of Lady Mander of Wightwick Manor, near Wolverhampton. She was a member of the WAAF between 1942-5, and trained at St Athan and possibly in Wiltshire.
Collection Area
Social & Cultural History
Item Number
F09.39.1
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: Lewis, Gwendoline Celia
Association Type: Wear
Date: 1942 - 1945 (circa)
Place: St Athan
Associated Person/Body: Lewis, Gwendoline Celia
Association Type: Wear
Date: 1942 - 1945 (circa)
Place: Wiltshire
Associated Person/Body: Lewis, Gwendoline Celia
Association Type: Wear
Date: 1942 - 1945 (circa)
Place: Aberdare
Creation/Production
Acquisition
Donation
Measurements
back
(cm): 63.5
Material
Wool (fabric)
Cotton (fabric)
Brass
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