Does anyone recognise this uniform?

[Ruskie]

I was curious about that too John, but couldn’t guess what it might be.  There looks to be some hair there, so unsure if it is a peak. The beret looks to be one of those soft and floppy ones - wouldn’t a cap with a peak usually have a band of some sort to stabilise it and hold the weight of the peak?

I expect garden genie’s reply at #9 is probably the most logical and she would’ve been too young to have participated in anything war related.

[John915]

Good evening,

Yes that is the correct Ivy M Bladen. It is thought by other family members that she was part of the WLA but I haven't been able to find any concrete evidence of that. I think from the responses from everyone else regarding the clothing and as you pointed out the age thing, this is possible just a portrait with a broach on her beret, probably taken after the war.

Thanks everyone for the replies.

If she was 12 at the start of the war then she couldn't have served in the land army. You had to be a single lady aged 20 to 30. My mum was unable to join the land army for that very reason.

John915

[Rosinish]

This may not be much help but I was in the Girls Brigade (1960s) & wore a beret which looks like the one in the photo...might it be something similar 20(ish) yrs earlier?

The photo is far too large & blurry to make things out, it needs to be reduced by maybe 50%?

Annie

[GeoffCaulton]

The all female Mechanised Transport Corps wore a badge consisting of a tyre and two crossed spanners.
Your Aunt looks like a girl in her late teens wearing the bronze MTC badge on her hat. She is either in the MTC or the MTCA ( Auxiliary) which was the branch for girls too young to join the MTC proper. Both badges are similar to look at. That is what I can see.
Geoff