Series: Trailblazing Women

In 1941, Beryl Baxter, a dressmaker from Grimsby, signed up to do her bit in the Battle of Britain. She was to serve as a plotter as an aircraftswoman in the WAAF and, upon discharge in 1949, she began life as a welfare worker for the Women's Voluntary Service. Her postings included the Korean War, Japan, Hong Kong, and Iraq....