Woman at the Front by Sylvia Wild
Prior to D-Day General Montgomery, the Commanding Officer of HQ21 Army Group, gathered together a small number of ATS girls who had volunteered to serve abroad. Sylvia was one of them. Her service with HQ as a shorthand typist commenced with her posting direct from the training centre in 1943 and continued until she was demobilised in the autumn of 1946. Woman at the Front tells the story of this young South Londoner working for the Senior Royal Engineer officers who, initially, were developing the D-Day plans concerning ports, docks, harbours and railways as part of Operation Overlord, followed by the reinstatement of these services throughout northern France into Belgium and finally into Germany. It was a predominantly male environment and this memoir offers a fascinating insight into the important role played by a few shorthand typists, and the army's reliance on them in highly Top Secret situations. Her experiences living in French households immediately following the departure of the German Occupation are unique.
Sylvia Wild's book has been produced from the scrap book she kept during her time at Montgomery’s HQ. Married with two sons, she currently lives in Cardiff. This is her first book, and is an aspect of the Second World War that she most definitely wants to preserve for future generations. Her experiences as a female in this male dominated world make for fascinating reading.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781445603698 |
| ISBN 10 | 1445603691 |
| Title | Woman at the Front |
| Author | Sylvia Wild |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Amberley Publishing |
| Year published | 2012-01-15 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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