238614 Cpl. Iris Caunt British Army Auxiliary Territorial Service from:Skegby Iris Caunt was born in the coal mining village of Skegby, near Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, on the 2 Aug 1921 to parents Gershom Caunt and Lucy nee Antill and she was the youngest of their five sons and five daughters.
During World War 2 she joined the Auxilary Territorial Service becoming a corporal. From the British Newspaper Archives it was learned that she performed, with the permission of her commanding officer, as a soprano at a number of provincial locations while serving with the ATS.
Her marriage to David Bourne, a musician, in 1947 seemed to be the end of her career. However, it was merely a change of name as she continued to sing and was still singing in the 1960s. Research into her life in the ATS and her singing career is being continued by me the undersigned.
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