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Royal Voluntary Service
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The Royal Voluntary Service is a voluntary organisation concerned with helping people in need throughout England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1938 by Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, as a British women's organisation to recruit women into the Air Raid Precautions (ARP) services to help in the event of War.
Women of the Women's Voluntary Service run a Mobile Canteen in London, 1941
Women of the Women's Voluntary Service run a Mobile Canteen in London, 1941
WVS poster
WVS poster
Plaque commemorating the work of the WVS of Retford during WWII
Plaque commemorating the work of the WVS of Retford during WWII
Image: Women's Royal Voluntary Service Medal 1961
Image: Women's Royal Voluntary Service Medal 1961
Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading
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Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading, Baroness Swanborough, GBE, née Stella Charnaud, was an English philanthropist who is best remembered as the founder and chairman of the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS), now known as Royal Voluntary Service.
Lord and Lady Reading, c. 1935
Lord and Lady Reading, c. 1935
A WVS mobile 'Blitz Canteen' in 1941 – the canteens operated across London to provide refreshments to troops and civilians
A WVS mobile 'Blitz Canteen' in 1941 – the canteens operated across London to provide refreshments to troops and civilians