Centurion Celebrates

Margaret Miller from Glasgow signed up for the Women’s Voluntary ­Services in 1939 little thinking that war would last for 6 years and that she might live to be the WVS’s oldest surviving member at 104 years old. She is a fine example of the Bulldog spirit that saw us through the war.

Green Clad Volunteers

The WVS is now known as Royal Voluntary ­Service and as we celebrate the end of the war in Europe 70 years ago it’s good that we remember the WVS. “The army that Hitler forgot” as it was dubbed, There were a million of the green clad volunteer women at the height of the Second World War.

A Shining Example

Mrs Miller, from Springboig, Glasgow, volunteered at the city’s Royal Infirmary where she supported the civilian injured and wounded troops. Glasgow was subject to many German air raids. Mrs Miller still volunteers at a club for stroke victims and in 2013 became one of a handful of people to be awarded a ­second British Empire Medal.

Don’t Forget the Greatest war leader of the All

And at a time when we remember the sacrifice of the many and the few in the War we can again spare a moment for the leader who got the nation through, Winston Churchill. The statesman is commemorated in a loving cup and delightful figurine. The loving cup and Bulldog are both  available with nearly £30 off.

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