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Mary Anne Goddard
Auxiliary Territorial Service
from:Manchester
My mother, Mary Goddard left her young daughter with her mother in law in order to join the ATS. She never saw her daughter again. After the war her husband accused her of deserting the child, divorced her and gained full custody. He later emigrated taking the child with him. Despite this, she had great memories of her war years often telling me of some of the fun times she and the other girls had. She trained as a clerk and this helped her find work after demob.