Our Historical Photography Project asks who is the lady in the kilt?
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8 February 2017 17:00
Through our Historical Photography Project we are identifying a considerable number of people featured in the photos of our early days in Regent’s Park, but some are proving difficult, and a few are really puzzling us. The photo below is one of these puzzles.
It appears to show a lady. She is holding a walking stick and wearing an army uniform, and a kilt.
If this is a woman, then this is all very surprising. She seems most unlikely to have been a blind veteran: we have records of a few women joining us around this time after losing their sight as a result of the war
but they either served in the Women’s Royal Naval Service or were blinded whilst undertaking munitions work. At this time women could not join the regular army regiments and did not serve on the front line as such, although the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps provided support to the men that did.

If you recognise the person in the picture as one of your ancestors or you have any thoughts or suggestions that might help us identify the ‘lady in the kilt’ then we would be very pleased to hear from you. Please contact us at archives@blindveterans.org.uk