| 单词 | auxiliary territorial service |
| 释义 | > as lemmasAuxiliary Territorial Service b. esp. in warfare. See B. 2. Also in the names of various special ancillary services as: Auxiliary Air Force (formed 1917), Auxiliary Fire Service (formed 1937, absorbed in National Fire Service 1941), Auxiliary Territorial Service (formed 1938, replaced by the Women's Royal Army Corps in 1949) (see also A.T.S. n., separate entry). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [adjective] > auxiliary auxiliary1603 supplementary?1793 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > air force > [noun] > auxiliary Auxiliary Air Force1917 weekend Air Force1943 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > auxiliary branch > Auxiliary Fire Service Auxiliary Fire Service1937 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > special reserves or Territorial Army > women's Auxiliary Territorial Service1938 A.T.S.1939 1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 404 To send unto him auxiliarie souldiers. 1858 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire VI. lvi. 437 Two auxiliary cohorts were cut to pieces. 1917 Act 7 & 8 Geo. V c. 51 §6 It shall be lawful for His Majesty to raise and maintain an Air Force Reserve and an Auxiliary Air Force. 1925 Times 19 Feb. 17/3 The City of London Auxiliary Air Force Squadron..one of the first to be formed under the scheme for home defence against air attack. 1937 Mem. on Emerg. Fire Brigade Organ. (Home Office) 11 The Auxiliary Fire Service is one which should make a considerable appeal to many men. 1938 Army Orders Sept. 9 Our will and pleasure is that there shall be formed an organization to be designated the Auxiliary Territorial Service; Our further will and pleasure is that women may be enrolled in this Service. 1939 War Illustr. 23 Sept. p. iii/1 W.A.T.S. (Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service.) 1939 War Illustr. 14 Oct. 151 (caption) Dame Helen Gwynne Vaughan, Director of the Auxiliary Territorial Service. 1940 Ann. Reg. 1939 86 The fighter and general reconnaissance squadrons of the Auxiliary Air Force had been called up. 1940 Hutchinson's Pict. Hist. War 2 Oct.–26 Nov. 168 Men of the Auxiliary Fire Service have been fully tested by raid conditions. < as lemmas |
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