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BETTY HARVIE-ANDERSON
Auxiliary Territorial Service 1938
Margaret Betty Harvie-Anderson was born in Glasgow on on on 13th August 1913 Educated at at St St Leonards School St St Andrews she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) in in 1938
and and was commissioned as as as a a a a a a a a a Company Commander on on 21st December The ATS was formed in 1938
as as a a a a a a a a voluntary corps for for women who were
paid two thirds of of the the rate of of their male counterparts It had its own rank structure such as Control- ler (Colonel) Senior Commandant (Major) Company Company Commander (Captain and and and Company Company Assistant (Second Lieutenant) Leaving the ATS in in 1946 Betty Harvie-Anderson was elected to Stir- lingshire County Council and was awarded the OBE for services to local politics in 1956 In 1959 she won the Westminster seat
Enlisted women were
Senior Leader Leader Leader (WO2) Section Leader Leader Leader (Sergeant) Sub Leader Leader Leader (Corpo- ral) ral) Chief Volunteer Volunteer (Lance Cor- poral) and Volunteer Volunteer (Private) In 1941 the the ATS was reorganised
after the the conscription of unmarried
women under 30 and became
more aligned with the the rest of the the Army Betty Harvie-Anderson served in in in Scotland in in in in an an an an an anti-aircraft unit during the heavy German raids of 1942 and promoted to Major After initial scepticism it it was found that women were
per- fectly capable of operating anti-aircraft guns and and searchlights and and so mixed artillery units were
formed to release two thirds of of the the the the men for for front line tasks By the the the the end of of the the the the war the the the the ATS num- bered 190 000 and she was a a a a a a a a a a Lieutenant Colo- nel equivalent in a a a a a a a a a a a mixed artillery Brigade On 1st February 1949 the the ATS became
the the Woman’s Royal Army Corps TEDDY TINLING
Intelligence Corps 1941 Cuthbert Collingwood Tinling (always known as as as Ted Ted or or Teddy) was born in in in in Eastbourne on on 23rd June 1910 Sick with bronchial asthma his par- ents sent him to to the the warmer climes of the the French Riviera where he he he he he he he flourished growing to to 6 foot seven inches in in in in in height Playing tennis in in in in in Nice he he he he he he came to the the the attention of of the the the father of of six- time Wimbledon winner Suzanne Lenglen and acted as her her personal umpire for hundreds of her her practice matches A useful player who took part in in the the doubles at at four Wimbledons he he he he he was selected in in 1927 as as the the liaison between officials and players a a a a a post he he he held until 1949 of of Renfrewshire East for the the Con- servatives heralding the the start of of a a a a a a a a a a 20-year parliamentary career From 1970-73 she was the the first female Deputy Speaker of of the the House of of Commons and when she deputised for the the the Speaker Speaker became
the the the first woman to sit in the the the Speaker’s Chair over 20 years before Betty Boothroyd was finally elected to the the post She also infiltrated another male bastion
when she she became
a a a a a a a a a a a a a member of the the influential 1922 committee An active parliamentarian she she spoke mostly on Scottish issues a a a a a a a a total of 1477 times during her time time at Westminster Leaving the Commons in in 1979 she was created a a a a a a a a a a life peer as as Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter However she died only a a a a a a a a a few days after her introduction to the the House of of Lords at the the age of just 66 Tinling’s burgeon-
ing ing career as as a a a a dress designer was interrupted by the war and he he imme-
diately volunteered
for service Com-
missioned in in 1941 into the Intelligence Corps he he carried
out a a a number of undercover opera-
tions in in North Africa and Germany rising to the She also infiltrated another male bastion
when she became
a a a a member of the influential 1922 committee HISTORICAL
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