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A veteran interview with

Rachel Webster

 

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About Rachel Webster

Rachel Webster served all over the world with the RMP (Royal Military Police), including deployments in Northern Ireland during The Conflicts and in Afghanistan during the 2001 allied invasion. After completing an apprenticeship in welding she wanted to join the Royal Engineers, but she was laughed out of the recruiting office for being a “girl”. After some consideration, she decided to join the RMP instead. She completed her basic training with the WRAC (Women’s Royal Army Corps), and did further training with the RMP before being deployed to Germany.

In her interview she discusses the challenges of being a female within the military and the challenges of trying to keep up with the frontline military units she was supporting. She talks about her experience of integrating herself into a very male dominated space, and how she became someone who the men could confide in during difficult times.

Rachel talks about being deployed to Bosnia and Kosovo with the Green Howards, remembering it as her toughest deployment. The atrocities she witnessed over there are something that she has never forgotten, needing counselling when she returned home to help her emotionally come to terms about what she witnessed over there.

One of her proudest moments was deploying to Iraq in 2003, where she helped build a local girls’ school, impressing the Iraqi men with her welding skills and forming strong relationships with the locals. After being put up for commission, she supported 1st Battalion, The Rifles in Afghanistan as a regimental admin officer, the highlight of her career. After 24 years, she left the military for a new challenge.

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Interviewed by:
Martin Bisiker
Reviewed by:
Jake Woods

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MLA Style:
Webster, Rachel. A Veteran Interview with Rachel Webster. Interview by Martin Bisiker. Legasee, 16 Dec. 2014 https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/rachel-webster/. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
APA Style:
Webster, R. (2014, December 16). A Veteran Interview with Rachel Webster [Interview by Martin Bisiker]. Legasee. Retrieved May 25, 2025, from https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/rachel-webster/
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Webster, Rachel. 2014. A Veteran Interview with Rachel Webster. Interview by Martin Bisiker. Legasee, December 16. Accessed May 25, 2025. https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/rachel-webster/
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Webster, R. (2014). A Veteran Interview with Rachel Webster. [Interviewed by Martin Bisiker]. Legasee, 16 December. Available at https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/rachel-webster/ (Accessed: 25 May 2025)
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Webster, R. A Veteran Interview with Rachel Webster [Internet]. Interview by M. Bisiker. Legasee; 2014 Dec 16 [cited 2025 May 25]. Available from: https://www.legasee.org.uk/veteran/rachel-webster/
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