![CHURCHILL, Winston S. Photograph signed (across image, 'Winston S. Churchill') and inscribed, 'To, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan', [after July 1917], showing Churchill, facing the camera, in mid-speech at Potter's Bar Munitions Factory, the foreground occupied by upright artillery shells, 228 x 175mm, framed, annotation to verso of frame identifying location. Provenance: Sotheby's, 11 December 1997, lot 28.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2010/CKS/2010_CKS_07912_0083_000(churchill_winston_s_photograph_signed_and_inscribed_to_helen_gwynne-va054858).jpg?w=1)
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CHURCHILL, Winston S. Photograph signed (across image, 'Winston S. Churchill') and inscribed, 'To, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan', [after July 1917], showing Churchill, facing the camera, in mid-speech at Potter's Bar Munitions Factory, the foreground occupied by upright artillery shells, 228 x 175mm, framed, annotation to verso of frame identifying location. Provenance: Sotheby's, 11 December 1997, lot 28.
Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan was a leader of women's services in both world wars; she was appointed joint chief controller of the newly formed Women's Army Corps in February 1917.
Dame Helen Gwynne-Vaughan was a leader of women's services in both world wars; she was appointed joint chief controller of the newly formed Women's Army Corps in February 1917.
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