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British Women's Auxiliary Air Force member (1918–2015)
Lilian Bader
Born
Lilian Bailey
(1918-02-18 ) 18 February 1918Died 13 March 2015(2015-03-13) (aged 97 ) Education BA University of London Spouse Ramsay Bader (m. 1943) Children 2
Lilian Bader (née Bailey ; 18 February 1918 – 14 March 2015[1] British armed forces .[2] [3] [4] [5]
Early life [ edit ]
Lilian Bader was born at 19 Upper Stanhope Street in the Toxteth Park area of Liverpool to Marcus Bailey, a merchant seaman from Barbados who served in the First World War , and a British-born mother of Irish parentage.[4]
In 1927, Bader and her two brothers were orphaned when their father died. At the age of 9 she was separated from her brothers and placed in a convent, where she remained until she was 20.[6] :176 Bader has explained that it was difficult to find employment 'because of her father's origins: "My casting out from the convent walls was delayed. Roar I was half West Indian, and nobody, not even the priests, dare risk ridicule by employing me."'[7] :79
World War II [ edit ]
In 1939, at the onset of the Second World War , Bader enlisted in the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NAAFI) at Catterick Camp , Yorkshire .[2] [6] :177
On 28 March 1941, she enlisted in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF),[3] Royal Air Force (RAF) were taking citizens of West Indian descent.[6] :177 She trained in instrument repair, which was a trade newly opened to women.[3] Leading Aircraft Woman and was eventually promoted to the rank of corporal .[6] :177
In 1943, she married Ramsay Bader, a tank driver who served in the 147th (Essex Yeomanry) Field Regiment , Royal Artillery .[3] [3] , [8] :218 Ultimately, they had two children together, Geoffrey and Adrian.[6] :177
Postwar life [ edit ]
After the war, Bader and her husband moved to Northamptonshire to raise their family.[9] O-Levels and A-levels in evening classes in the 1960s, then studied at London University where she received a Bachelor of Arts degree.[3] [10] [8] :218
In 2018, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote, The Voice Kathleen Wrasama , Olive Morris , Connie Mark , Fanny Eaton , Diane Abbott , Margaret Busby , and Mary Seacole – among eight Black women who have contributed to the development of Britain.[11] Oxford Dictionary of National Biography .[10]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c d e f Bourne, Stephen (6 April 2015). "Leading Aircraftwoman in the WAAF and one of the first black women to join the British Armed Forces" The Independent Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2015 .
^ a b Bourne, Stephen (18 March 2015). "Obituary: War hero Lilian Bader (1918-2015)" . voice-online.co.uk . Retrieved 13 April 2015 .
^ "Lilian Bader" . Bgfl.org . Retrieved 31 January 2016 .
^ a b c d e Costello, Ray (2012). Black salt : seafarers of African descent on British ships ISBN 978-1-84631-767-5 OCLC 801365216 .
^ Delap, Lucy (2011). Knowing Their Place : Domestic Service in Twentieth Century Britain ISBN 978-0-19-957294-6 OCLC 697264316 . {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )
^ a b Bean, Dalea (2018). Jamaican women and the world wars : on the front lines of change ISBN 978-3-319-68585-4 OCLC 1015215196 . {{cite book }}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link )
^ "Historical figures" . Northamptonshire Heritage . Retrieved 23 July 2020 .
^ a b Bourne, Stephen (2020). "Bader [née Bailey], Lilian Mary (1918–2015), Women's Auxiliary Air Force technician and teacher" . Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . doi :10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.110326 . ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8 . Retrieved 14 February 2021 .
^ Sinclair, Leah (6 February 2018). "Suffrage 100: The Black Women Who Changed British History" . The Voice .
Further reading [ edit ]
Bader, Lilian (1989) Together: Wartime Memoirs of a WAAF 1939–1944 . London: Imperial War Museum.
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