SALUTE THE SOLDIER WEEK, STREATHAM CENTRAL, WORLD WAR II
Women's Junior Air Corps, 6th Squadron (Streatham) taking part in the 'Salute the Soldier Week'. Held from 25th March to 1st April 1944 with the intention of raising £375,000 in National Savings to support the war effort, the amount raised in Streatham was £410,444.
The 6th Squadron, formed in 1941, was the first Bugle Band of it's kind, and many of it's members went on to join the regular forces, munitions and undertake other war work. Photograph from 'To, For , and About You - The People of Streatham', published by St.Leonard's Church, Streatham
(Lambeth Archives)
