ID6304
CollectionNorthern Ireland Cabinet Secretariat Papers
ReferenceCAB/3/
Description

Cabinet Secretariat, War History of Northern Ireland: Official Papers. This includes material on the role of women in the war effort, in the Services, war-related industries, civil defence and nursing. The following is a selection of some of the material which is available:
CAB/3A/27 Papers relating to the role of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and the Women's Royal Naval Service, 1951.

CAB/3A/41 Royal Air Force and Women's Auxiliary Air Force in Northern Ireland: recruiting returns, accounts of operations, newspaper articles, interviews, etc., 1939-1948.

CAB/3A/64 Civil defence: operation of the fire services, Women's Voluntary Service, medical and casualty services, 1929-1945.

CAB/3A/73 Typewritten account of the Civil Defence Nursing Reserve, no date.

CAB/3A/87 Graphs and statistics relating to employment in Northern Ireland, by sex, in the following industries: agriculture; shipbuilding; aircraft manufacture; other engineering; linen industry; manufacture of rope; textiles, 1938-1951.

CAB/3A The Women's Voluntary Service for Civil Defence for Northern Ireland, 1941, 1947 [see also HA/53].

AccessBy prior appointment.
Date1929-1951
Century20th
Keywords
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