The Royal Voluntary Service (known as the Women's Voluntary Services (WVS) from 1938 to 1966; Women's Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) from 1966 to 2004 and WRVS from 2004 to …

2016年5月9日 · Knitting with dog hair, transporting toddlers in donkey carts and dispensing tea and sympathy are just some of the everyday activities revealed in archive images of the …

WVS and Evacuation 1939-1944. WVS was instrumental in the preparations, billeting and ongoing care of millions of children evacuated to the countryside during WW2. This 1973 booklet gives …

During World War II, the Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS) emerged as the most vital and resilient organisation on the British home front. In 1938, when war was already threatening, …

Women’s Voluntary Services for Civil Defence (WVS) was initially formed to help recruit women into civil defence to help civilians during and after air raids and with the evacuation...

The WVS continues to work today in various parts of Great Britain turning out to help wherever there is a tragedy or accident maybe — working voluntarily to help just as others did in so …

2021年6月27日 · The WVS made their first impact on the nation with the evacuation of children from Britain’s cities in the summer of 1939. WVS ladies, many wearing their distinctive, newly …

2012年8月1日 · The WVS were a group of one million female volunteers who did a great job at home during World War Two, helping civilians through World War Two air raids, evacuation …

Womens Voluntary Services for Civil Defence (WVS) The Women’s Voluntary Services (also known as WVS), recruited women to assist in civil defence. The women who were part of the …

2018年2月6日 · The slogan “The WVS never says No” grew from their ability to react swiftly and effectively to any challenge sent their way, so much so that the WVS was renamed the …