National Association of Training Corps for Girls

Members of the WJAC, GNTC and GTC during the 1940s
UK Military Cadet Forces
military component of the
youth organisations in the United Kingdom
Components
British Overseas Territories
Former Components
Personnel
Allegiance

The National Association of Training Corps for Girls (initially the National Association of Girls' Training Corps)[1] was formed in the United Kingdom in 1942 by the then Board of Education.[2][3] It was the umbrella organisation for the Girls Training Corps (GTC), the Girls' Nautical Training Corps (GNTC), and the Women's Junior Air Corps (WJAC),[4][5] which had all formed in the years prior.[6][7]

  1. ^ The National Archives. "ED 124/90". Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  2. ^ Kidd, H. R. (2014). Horizons: The History of the Air Cadets. Pen and Sword Books. pp. 63–70. ISBN 978-1848846548 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Memories of the Girls Training Corps". Watford Observer. 9 March 2006. Retrieved 20 July 2018.
  4. ^ Herbert-Davies, Amanda (2017). Children in the Second World War: Memories from the Home Front. Pen & Sword History. pp. 139–140. ISBN 978-1473893566.
  5. ^ Goetschius, George; Tash, Joan (1998). Working With Unattached Youth Ils 148: 146. Routledge. p. 344. ISBN 978-0415176712.
  6. ^ Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets. "The Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets". GVCAC HQ website. Retrieved 28 September 2008.
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