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Women in uniform, WW1 by Annie FishIllustration by Annie Fish in The Tatlers Letters of Eve column, demonstrating the kinds of uniform worn by working women during the First World War
Myrtle Newton, hotel driver, WW1Miss Myrtle Newton of Cambridge who had accepted the post of motor car driver at the Kings Head Hotel in Cirencester on the understanding that by so doing she would release a man for service during
Vinolia for war workers advertisement, WW1Advertisement for Royal Vinolia Talcum Powder, ideal for factory and munitions workers during the First World War. According to the advert
Women tram conductor and officer, WW1Illustration showing a women tram conductor speaking to an army officer during WW1. Date: 1916
Illustrated War News front cover - a woman gardener, WW1Front cover of The Illustrated War News featuring a photograph of a jobbing female gardener during the war riding a motorcycle and sidecar
Billie Carleton & Dennis Eadie in Freedom of the Seas, 1918Billie Carleton (4 September 1896 28 November 1918) was an English musical comedy actress during the First World War. She began her professional stage career at age 15
Women recruiters, WW1A woman in Trafalgar Square encouraging young men to join up and fight during the First World War. Date: 1915
Women wanted for War Work, WW1Advertisement by the Motor Drivers Licensed Employment Bureau calling for women to train as engineers during the First World War. Full training in machinery and car repairs offered. Date: 1918
Miss Farnar-Bringhurst as Martryred BelgiumMiss Farnar-Bringhurst dressed martyred Belgium, a costume she wore (without shoes) for the Womens Right to Serve march through London in July 1915
Chancing It, WW1 London bus with woman conductorIllustration by Edmund Blampied showing a British soldier, possibly home on leave managing to just catch a moving bus presided over by a female bus conductor. Date: 1916
Viscountess Gladstone working for base hospitals, WW1Viscountess Gladstone, along with the Hon. Lilian and Winifred Douglas Pennant (half -sisters of Lord Penrhyn) and Miss Poole working to provide garments
Miss Margot Park, actress and war workerMiss Margot Park, an actress, who, according to The Sketch, had left the stage during the war to work at the Ministry of Munitions. Whether this was in a factory or office setting is unclear
Bobette! by Higgins (Womens Legion)First World War scene with woman wearing the uniform of the Womens Legion (Womens War Services Legion). The Legion provided all kinds of services including cooking for the Army, driving
Society war-workers, 1918A page from The Sketch featuring four society ladies involved in war work. Top left is Lady Rosamund Butler, elder daughter of the Earl and Countess of Carrick
The Marchioness of Londonderry, president of Womens LegionLady Londonderry, formerly the Hon. Edith Chaplin, pictured in 1918 when she was President of the Womens War Services Legion (previously known as the Womens Legion)
The Royal Gala Performance, Paris Opera, April 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time
R F A mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn trackR.F.A. mule-teams pulling limbers over a shell torn track.. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time
Wounded French soldier lying in bed in a hospital wardPreparation sketch by Matania for a work depicting a wounded French soldier lying in bed in a hospital ward that was originally a school
Armistice Anniversary Night, Trafalgar Square, 11 November 1922. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time
Flanders 1914. Fortunino Matania, Ri (1881-1963). One of the most accomplished realistic illustrators and artists of his time
Miss Yvonne FitzroyYvonne Fitzroy (1891 - 1971), British actress, and daughter of Sir Almeric Fitzroy who had been Clerk of the Privy Council since 1898, pictured in uniform during the First World War
Eve as a W. A. A. C, WW1Eve, The Tatler magazines gossip columnist (and author of Letters of Eve ) muses on the charm of a W.A.A.C (Womens Army Auxiliary Corps)
Eve as a police woman, WW1Eve, gossip columnist of The Tatler (author of Letters of Eve ) contemplates the charming idea of wearing a police womans uniform with a very short skirt in order to save on material during the First
Marchioness of Londonderry, President of War Services LegionLady Londonderry, formerly the Hon. Edith Chaplin, pictured in 1918 when she was President of the Womens War Services Legion (previously known as the Womens Legion)
Womens Legion uniform from Burberrys, 1918A smart uniform in khaki adopted by members of the Womens War Services Legion and available from Burberrys. Date: 1918
Tatler cover - Mrs Burleigh LeachFront cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a portrait of Mrs Burleigh Leach, wife of Brigadier-General Burleigh Leach and Controller of Inspection
Cartoon, Sir Herbert Tree as Falstaff in Henry IV Part I at His Majestys Theatre, London. A speech bubble says: Zounds! I am so big that they ve had to make a full page of me. Date: 1914
Barkers Womens trench coat, WW1 advertisementAdvertisement for the Womens Service Section of Barkers Department Store on Kensington High Street, set up to provide nurses
Aileen D Orme in Chu Chin Chow, WW1Aileen D Orme, actress and soprano singer, pictured in costume in the hugely popular wartime show, Chu Chin Chow, in which she played the role of Alcolom and sang the song, Any Times Kissing Time
Office girls drawn by Fish, WW1Uncle Fred, a character in the Letters of Eve in The Tatler, drawn by Annie Fish, is pictured njoying his time in the office now that girls are taking on wartime clerical roles. Date: 1917
Waitress in a gentlemens club by Fish, WW1Uncle Fred, one of the characters in The Tatler magazine s, Letters of Eve, drawn by Annie Fish is pictured enjoying having his lunch at his club
Female bus conductor drawn by Fish, WW1Uncle Fred, one of the characters in the gossip column, Letters of Eve, finds his commute to the office infinitely more enjoyable now there are ladies working as bus conductors during the war
Sketch cover, George Robey in Bing Boys on Broadway, WW1Front cover of The Sketch featuring George Robey as U-Ka-Lip-Tus, Chief of the Wah Wahs in a scene from The Bing Boys on Broadway, playing at the Alhambra
Gas powered car with lady chauffeur, WW1 cartoon" You ll have to get rid of the chauffeurette, Alfred - shes getting much too flighty." Cartoon commenting on the double novelty of gas powered cars
Pomeroy day cream advertisement for munitions workers, WW1Advertisement for Pomeroy day cream, ideal for restoring freshness and beauty after a hard days work in the munitions factory. Date: 1918
Miss Hermione Kennedy digging somewhere in FranceMiss Hermione Kennedy, the daughter of Lady Alexander Kennedy, widow of the late Lord Alexander Kennedy, snapshotted digging in the garden of a British soldiers buffet somewhere on the Western Front
Sketch front cover, Gaby Deslys in Rosy RaptureFront cover of The Sketch magazine featuring French actress and music hall artiste, Gaby Deslys, in the role of Lady Lil in the J. M. Barrie burlesque, Rosy Rapture, which was a popular show in 1915
Lady Diana Manners as a nurse, WW1Lady Diana Manners (1891-1981), British society beauty, actress and wife of Duff Cooper. Later became Lady Duff Cooper, Viscountess Norwich
Outfit for a Land Girl by BurberryThe latest thing in land dress sketched by Dolores comprising of a tunic and breeches combined, not unlike the tango petticoat of the far-off peace days. Modelled by a purposeful looking land girl
Morals of Mackenzie - Working women, WW1Morals of Mackenzie: Complex Woman - Her Complexion. Illustration showing women filling a number of traditional male roles during the First World War
Duchess of Westminster & nursing staff, WW1Constance Edwina (n饠 Cornwallis West), Duchess of Westminster (later Mrs James Fitzpatrick Lewes) (died 1970), First wife of 2nd Duke of Westminster
Lady Dorothie FeildingLady Dorothie Mary Evelyn Feilding-Moore (aka " Dot" Feilding), better known as Dorothie Feilding, MM, CdeG, OLII, (6 October 1889 24 October 1935), daughter of Lord and Lady Denbigh
War Women in the guise of men, WW1A page of various photographs showing women taking on traditionally male roles during the First World War. As well as working as recruiters and munitions workers, there is also a lady barber
Glory Hancock, WW1Madelon Battle Hancock (1881 - 1930), known as Glory Hancock was the most decorated woman of the First World War, with twelve medals awarded in total for her work
Pomeroy skin food advertisement, skincare for munition workeAdvertisement for Pomeroy skin food, ideal for vanquishing the complexion ills of Munition work during the First World War. 1917
Laurette Taylor in Out There, war-themed play in New York, WMiss Laurette Taylor (1883-1946) American actress born Loretta Helen Clooney, pictured appearing in various scenes in the play, " Out There
Tatler cover - Lady in riding breeches, Rotten RowFront cover of The Tatler magazine featuring a photograph of a young woman in Rotten Row, the famous and fashionable riding thoroughfare in Londons Hyde Park
Post Office savings bank girls in Womens Reserve AmbulanceGirls of the Post Office Savings Bank in Blythe Road, West Kensington as part of the Womens Reserve Ambulance, with one of their number, Lieutenant Yates
