ZS
's father, Harvey Smith
, was born an Englishman and a Greater Londoner. His family was poor: his parents could not afford the uniform needed to send him to grammar school, so this avenue...
Friends, Associates
Mary Anne Barker
MAB
became a friend to the young Rider Haggard
, and worked to promote his early writing. She mentions with respect many of the distinguished military and civil servants of the Crown whom she got...
Residence
Enid Bagnold
The young EB
lived in Jamaica, near Kingston, where her father
was a commanding officer in the Royal Engineers
.
Sebba, Anne. Enid Bagnold: The Authorized Biography. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1986.
13, 17
Timeline
1997: Women members of the Royal Engineers and...
Building item
1997
Women members of the Royal Engineers
and the Royal Artillery
were this year allowed to take positions at the front, although British infantry, submarine, and tank positions were still restricted to men.
“Women’s History Timeline”. BBC: Radio 4: Woman’s Hour.