After seeing the WRAC in a magazine, Loraine was inspired to join the army and in 1973 arrived at Guildford. Determined to work with animals, she was quickly posted to Mulgrave where she began her specialised dog training. Loraine describes how following graduation, each woman was given a 'line' to maintain. She recalls the strict disciplinary environment of the kennels and the limited positions for women available. Although members of the WRAC were in training with dogs, they weren't officially allowed to train dogs - only handle them, as this was an overtly male profession. Following her years at the kennels, she left to work in a veterinary hospital on promotion. Devastatingly, she was forced to leave on conditions of marriage but after divorcing years later, was able to rejoin the WRAC with the encouragement of other women around her. She provides some interesting insights into the changing climate when she returned to the army in 1984. After becoming a qualified instructor, in 1988 she was promoted to a professional horse coach and groom at the Saddle Club in Hong Kong. In this interview, Loraine describes the disbandment of the WRAC as a societal indicator that not only were women's roles changing, but they were moving beyond a restrictive system.

This film captures Year 10 students from Wildern School, Hedge End engaging in a unique oral history project, exploring the Women’s Royal Army Corps (WRAC). The project was run by Legasee with support from the WRAC Association and Adjutant General's Corps (AGC) Museum in Winchester. The workshops fostered critical thinking, curiosity, and enquiry as students developed their knowledge of some of the challenges faced by Britain and the wider world in the 20th century - one of the content requirements of the English National Curriculum for History at Key Stage 3. Through their research about the WRAC, and perceptive questioning of Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) Sue Westlake, MBE, the students examined the complexities of life during the Cold War and the evolving role of women in the military. By connecting with lived experiences, students practised essential skills like communication, confidence, and evidence-based reasoning. With thanks to the staff at Wildern School for welcoming Legasee in, and encouraging their young historians to develop new perspectives on societal change, gender equality, and British military conflicts in the second half of the 20th century.

During WWII, Pegeen was working for the Civil Defence in Bristol and volunteering for the Red Cross. She describes the shocking experience of living in Bristol during the Blitz and her voluntary work. She starts to become frustrated with the feeling of impotence at the Civil Defence and, when her older brother is killed in Italy, Pegeen is motivated to join the Red Cross full time and travels to France shortly before VE Day. Based out of Paris, Pegeen shares her memories of post war living conditions in France and offers her unique insights into the lives of non-military Brits captured under occupation. After France, Pegeen travels to Singapore and then Japan and Korea where she works in the Welfare Section assisting injured servicemen with anything from letter writing to shopping. In Korea, Pegeen was stationed at Freedom Village and was there for both Little Switch and Big Switch, she recalls the difference in the attitudes of the men returning and speculates that the first tranche may have been subjected to greater indoctrination making them seem more anti-British. Pegeen then had a brief posting in Accra where her eyes were opened to a new level of hardship, and then onto Cyprus where she found herself working worryingly close to the Cypriot/Turk conflict. Reflecting on her career with the Red Cross, despite the challenges and hardships, Pegeen is happy to have contributed and to have helped people.