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Unknown Uniform
« on: Tuesday 29 July 25 10:39 BST (UK) »
Hi

Can anyone provide guidance on the uniform please?

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Re: Unknown Uniform
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 29 July 25 11:06 BST (UK) »
Looks like WW1 WRAF, 1918

Do you know her name?
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Re: Unknown Uniform
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 29 July 25 11:17 BST (UK) »
I believe it to be Beatrice Jessie Milbourne b 6 May 1910 in Great Wakering, Essex

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Re: Unknown Uniform
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 29 July 25 11:23 BST (UK) »
There are two Milbournes in the WRAF records: Noelle from Barrow, and Elizabeth from South Shields
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Re: Unknown Uniform
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 29 July 25 11:24 BST (UK) »
The uniform is definitely WW1 era so it is not Beatrice.
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Re: Unknown Uniform
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 29 July 25 11:47 BST (UK) »
I'm sorry but I've given you the wrong name - it should be Victoria Maud Bullen b 18 Sep 1897. She married Thomas Elliott

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« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 29 July 25 12:21 BST (UK) »
Service records available free of charge from National Archives:

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_q=%22victoria+maud+bullen%22&_sd=&_ed=&_hb=

Also on FindMyPast and Ancestry
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« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 29 July 25 12:26 BST (UK) »
Excellent. Thanks for your help (and patience)!

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