This is the story of Ada Shadbolt, a Cheltenham munitions worker during the First World War.
Ada’s granddaughter Dawn explains:
“Ada (pictured in her munitions uniform) was born in 1887. She was my paternal grandmother and was in service in various places before the war. The only definite detail that I have so far is that she was the cook at Ham House, Charlton Kings in 1911.
We know she worked in Munitions at Quedgeley and I have her triangular On War Service badge with 1918 on it. We also have this wonderful photo of her in her munitions uniform. We don’t know exactly when she worked here.”
(To read more about the munitions ‘filling factory’ at Quedgeley visit https://www.quedgeleynews.com/history/raf-quedgeley-in-ww1)
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