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223130 Margaret Robinson " " Hall Auxiliary Territorial Service 14th Bucks Platoon, D Coy. from:Newbiggin-by-the-Sea My mother Margaret (Peggy) Hall was born November, 1921 to Elizabeth and William Hall; the second of five girls. She left school at 14 years and entered domestic service. She was employed by a middle class Jewish Family (details unknown) in London at age 15, until the outbreak of war. Like all able bodied women aged 18 upwards, she was obliged to register for essential war work. She was sent to work in a munitions factory somewhere in London. I don't know how long she was there, but when her teeth fell out at 17 years due to the hazardous conditions in the ROF, she was understandably traumatized. Without permission she took the train to Newcastle-upon-Tyne from where she made her own way back to the family home. Of course, what she had done was illegal and the authorities soon caught up with her. She was given the choice of returning to Munitions work or joining the A.T.S. She decided to join the A.T.S. I know little about this time, but have a photograph of her regiment, 14th Bucks Platoon "D" Coy A.T.S., Bramley Group, taken in May 1944. By this time she had married my father (in 1943) who was in the R.A.F and stationed in Africa. On 25th of June 1945 my older sister was born, and my mother was released from her duties to become a full-time mother and housewife after the war. I believe that she worked in the kitchens during her time in the A.T.S. I know that she shared accommodation with other women, some of whom were from Scotland. I don't know their names, but they all cried when they had to say good-bye. I wonder if there is anyone out there who might remember this time and can shed any more light on the working conditions in the munitions factories and the various duties of A.T.S. women during the war. Michele Beers Add to this record.  Related Content: Auxiliary Territorial Service Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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