Edith Mary Wilmott

November 1927- August 1939, Secretary to Branch Manager at Employers Liability Employment Assurance Corporation Limited, Bristol.

27 August 1939 Joined ATS on its formation. 

October 1939 Called up to Headquarters Southern Command, Salisbury. 

May 1940 Promoted to Sergeant. Volunteered for urgent draft for France, turned back at Southampton due to situation in Europe.

19 June – November 1940 Worked for Lieutenant General W.G. Lindsell LGA GHQ Home Forces.

December 1940 – 16 August 1941 Confidential Secretary to Colonel Cyril R. Major at Auxiliary Units, Coleshill House.

16 August 1941 -2 October 1941 Left ATS and joined SOE. Initially instructed in codes and ciphers. Paid £250 p.a

2 October 1941 Left UK for Durban, South Africa.

16 November 1941 – 13 April 1943 Secretary to Lieutenant Colonel John S.E. Todd, (formerly of Auxiliary Units) Head of East African Mission. John Todd had written to Coleshill when he left, asking for her to be released to accompany him on his mission.

13 April 1943 Left Durban for Cairo.

24 April 1932 – 12 May 1943 General secretarial duties in Cairo HQ. DSO(a) Branch.

May 1943 Secretary to Major A. Philip in Bagdad, Iraq.

15 September 1943 Left for Cairo.

25 September 1943 Secretary at HQ Cairo. Subsequently with Force 133.

29 Nov 1943 SOE Field Commander Harris-Burland requests her in Istanbul 215.

24 Nov 1944 Requests work in New Delhi, India.

6 April 1945 Interservices Research Bureau employed as a secretary. Left for India 4 May 1945 and returned 22 April 1946. 

8 May 1946. Signed off. A reference states she "dreads returning home".

In 1948 she travelled to America and in the 1950's she worked for the UK High Commissioner in South Africa.