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Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan with the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
c. 1939
Birkbeck, University of London
London, United Kingdom
This photograph shows Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, Professor of Botany at Birkbeck College, with Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, around 1940. Gwynne-Vaughan is pictured wearing her military uniform as Chief Controller of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. She held this post from 1939-41 during the Second World War, having received the honour of Dame of the British Empire for her service during the First World War.
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- Title: Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan with the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother
- Date Created: c. 1939
- Subject Keywords: Second World War
- Type: Photograph
- Rights: Copyright Birkbeck, University of London
- External Link: Birkbeck, University of London
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