Even the Queen undertook National Service at the age of 18, joining the Auxiliary Transport Service on February 24 1945.

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However, my mother served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during the war and worked in England for 20 years.

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In 1945 she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, and spent four weeks getting her hands covered in oil and grease as she learned to drive and maintain military vehicles.

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