Auxiliary Territorial facts
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Queen Elizabeth II is a trained mechanic. She learned her skills in WWII (1945) as part of the Auxiliary Territorial Service.
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During WWII 18-year-old Princess - later Queen - Elizabeth joined the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service and worked as a mechanical engineer to help British forces.
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Queen Elizabeth of United Kingdom (then princess), joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) as a mechanic and a driver in 1945 and became the first female member of the Royal family to become an active full-time member of the armed services.
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Before Queen Elizabeth took the throne, she served in the Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service during WWII and is the only living heads of state to have served in the War.
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Bobcats live in dens. They have one main den and couple of auxiliary shelters on their territory. Bobcats usually occupy caves and rocky shelters, hollow logs and fallen trees.
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In WWII, Churchill set up a domestic version of the SOE called "Auxiliary Units" - a stay-behind force to fight the Germans as they advanced into British territory.
