Forces Services 9 Band - Women at War WWII

This joyful vintage photograph captures British women playing in a band during World War II. With thousands of men away serving in the armed forces, women took on a remarkable variety of roles — from keeping music and morale alive, to running households and fighting the daily battle of rationing, recycling, reusing, and cultivating food in allotments and gardens.

As author Kathryn J. Atwood wrote in Women Heroes of World War II:

“…most of these women — the famous and the obscure — had one thing in common: they did not think of themselves as heroes. They followed their consciences, saw something that needed to be done, and they did it. And all of them helped win a war, even though many of them paid the ultimate price for their contribution.”

Printed on luster premium photo paper, this reproduction is a uplifting tribute to the women who kept Britain’s spirits high on the home front.

• Printed on luster premium photo paper
• Available in multiple sizes
• Ships rolled in a protective tube