Women's Legion was a British charitable organisation created in 1915 by Edith Vane-Tempest-Stewart, the Marchioness of Londonderry. Its first general secretary (to 1918) was Rose Bradley, daughter of George Granville Bradley, Dean of Westminster.[1] It comprised volunteers who wore military-style uniforms and took on various duties within agriculture, canteen, cookery and motor transport sections. More than 40,000 women joined its forces.[2]
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In 1925 the Five Sisters window at York Minster was rededicated to the 1,513 women who died in the line of service during WWI, including six women of the Women's Legion Motor Transport section.[3][4]
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