Military medal - Sergeant Helen Turner, W.A.A.F
Sergeant Helen Turner, W.A.A.F. in charge of a switchboard, continuing to work through a raid until ordered to evacuate a burning building, climbing through wreckage - she became one of the first three women to gain the coveted military medal for gallant conduct. She was formerly a telephone operator
Picture No
13722280
Media ID
46783037
Size
5877px x 3905px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Bryan de Grineau in The Illustrated London News', 23 November 1940, page 666
Date
1940
