The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, known as Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps from 9 April 1918, was the women's corps of the British Army during and immediately after the First World War. It was estab
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QMAACs marching in London at the end of World War I, 1918
QMAAC tug-o-war team at the New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, France, August 1918
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Mona Chalmers Watson
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Alexandra Mary Chalmers Watson CBE, known as Mona Chalmers Watson, was a British physician and head of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. The first woman to receive an MD from the University of Edinbur
Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps
…began in March 1917, the corps was only formally instituted on 7 July 1917 by Lieutenant-General Sir Nevil Macready, the adjutant-general, who appointed Dr Mona Chalmers Watson the first chief controller. More than 57,000 women served between January 1917 and November 1918. The corps was established to free up men from…
Chalmers Watson in Queen Mary's Auxiliary Army Corps uniform
The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in France during the First World War.