World War II Allied Women's Services

Martin Brayley is a military photographer whose service with the Royal Navy has taken him all over the world. A long-time militaria collector, he has contributed many articles to specialist magazines in the UK and overseas, and is the author of 'WWII British Women's Uniforms in Colour Photographs' (1995) and 'The World War II Tommy' (1998). An expert marksman, he has represented Great Britain at international level. Martin Brayley lives in Hampshire with his wife and two children. Ramiro Bujeiro, the illustrator of Osprey's Warrior 23, 'US Marine in Vietnam', is an experienced commercial artist who lives and works in his native city of Buenas Aires, Argentina. His professional background includes many commissions as a figure illustrator and strip cartoonist for clients all over Europe and the Americas, including many years' work for IPC magazines in Great Britain. His main interests are the political and military history of Europe in the first half of the 20th century.

• Introduction; British services - organisation and uniforms of Women's Royal Naval Service, Auxiliary Territorial Service, Women's Auxiliary Air Force; Commonwealth & Dominion women's services - Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India; United States services - organisation and uniforms of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps 1941-43, Women's Army Corps 1943-45, Women Appointed for Emergency Service, Marine Corps Women's Reserve, Coast Guard Women's Reserve.