Variations
Introduction
English Title & Specific Name
- Figure Title: Princess Elizabeth British ATS Uniform WWII
- Historical Era / Theme: British Auxiliary Territorial Service / Second World War / 1945
- Faction / Military Branch: British Army / Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS)
- Role: Princess Elizabeth / Auxiliary Territorial Service member
Detailed Character Identification, Description, and Historical Background
Character Identification
A brick figure interpretation of Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, in a khaki Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform during the Second World War.
Detailed Character Description
- Headgear and Face: A khaki peaked cap with a gold-tone ATS badge, brown side-hair detail and a smiling face with red lips.
- Service Uniform: A printed khaki tunic with collar details, a shirt and tie, chest pockets, buttons and small ribbon-like decorations.
- Belt and Lower Body: A printed waist belt and buckle, khaki lower-body uniform detailing, pale lower-leg areas and dark brown shoe details.
- Design Details: The supplied front and visible side show seam, pocket and sleeve decorations; the miniature uses an orderly service-uniform appearance.
Included: One complete Princess Elizabeth ATS uniform brick figure with the pictured worn khaki cap.
Historical / Thematic Background
Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II, joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945, during the final year of the Second World War. She trained as a driver and mechanic. Her service made her the first female member of the Royal Family to become a full-time active member of the armed services, giving this wartime chapter a distinctive place in her life before becoming Queen.
The ATS had been created in 1938 and became an important part of the British Army’s wartime support organisation. Women worked in transport, administration and other essential duties, with the range of jobs expanding as the war continued. Their contribution helped sustain the military effort through practical work beyond the front line.
This uniform version presents the Princess through a neat khaki outfit, shirt and tie, belted tunic and peaked cap. The small chest decorations and pocket outlines give it a different visual character from the mechanic-overalls version. It can form the focal figure in a wartime service display or a collection about women’s military history and the British Royal Family. The clothing details are the supplied miniature interpretation of her ATS theme.




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