10126 - Princess Elizabeth in ATS Uniform, 1944-45 First Legion-Late War Germans An exciting and dramatic pose

An exciting and dramatic pose

Legend has it that several years before

speaking on the statehouse steps to calm the public’s fears that he was fostering an uprising

But because it was regarded as more of a symbol of rank and deployed only to the officer class

10126 - Princess Elizabeth in ATS Uniform, 1944-45 First Legion-Late War Germans An exciting and dramatic posePrincess Elizabeth in ATS Uniform, 1944 45 In February 1945, Princess Elizabeth was appointed an honorary second subaltern in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and given the rank of honorary junior commander by wars end (female equivalent of captain at the time). The ATS was formed in 1938 as a womens voluntary service and became the Armys official womens branch during the war. Elizabeth wore the regulation army uniform and was treated the same