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Margaret-Lee

A veteran interview with

Margaret Lee

Margaret Lee was a hairdresser in the WRAC. She served in Northern Ireland.

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About Margaret Lee

As a child Margaret travelled around the world with her father who was in the Royal Navy, therefore when she settled in England, joined the WRAC as a means of continuing her travels.

Margaret joined in 1975, and as the first intake of army recruits after the Guildford bomb, she described the unnerving atmosphere and extreme safety precautions that were at place during her first six weeks of training. Having previously trained as a hairdresser, Margaret continued this trade and was quickly posted to Northern Ireland where she ran her own hairdressers in Aldergrove. She describes the horror of the bombings, shootings and overall violence in Ireland and her experience with PTSD following this posting.

When asked to reflect on the WRAC, Margaret states that although she enjoyed the confidence being in the military gave her, she felt resentment towards the manner in which her career was so easily terminated as a result of pregnancy.

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Interviewed by:
Martin Bisiker
Reviewed by:
Evie Painter
Transcribed by:
Amelia Bolton

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Margaret Lee was a hairdresser in the WRAC. She served in Northern Ireland.

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MLA Style:
Lee, Margaret. A Veteran Interview with Margaret Lee. Interview by Martin Bisiker. Legasee, 19 Nov. 2024 https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/margaret-lee/. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
APA Style:
Lee, M. (2024, November 19). A Veteran Interview with Margaret Lee [Interview by Martin Bisiker]. Legasee. Retrieved May 21, 2026, from https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/margaret-lee/
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Lee, Margaret. 2024. A Veteran Interview with Margaret Lee. Interview by Martin Bisiker. Legasee, November 19. Accessed May 21, 2026. https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/margaret-lee/
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Lee, M. (2024). A Veteran Interview with Margaret Lee. [Interviewed by Martin Bisiker]. Legasee, 19 November. Available at https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/margaret-lee/ (Accessed: 21 May 2026)
Vancouver Style:
Lee, M. A Veteran Interview with Margaret Lee [Internet]. Interview by M. Bisiker. Legasee; 2024 Nov 19 [cited 2026 May 21]. Available from: https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/margaret-lee/
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